Patients

Diagnosis

If you’ve experienced a head injury and have been struggling with headaches or cognitive problems such as loss of concentration, memory problems, word-finding and way-finding, mental “fog” etc., you may be suffering from Post Concussion Syndrome. You may have had a structural scan such as a CT or a standard MRI and been told that the results are normal but your symptoms persist. A fMRI assessment can be used to diagnose your brain injury and establish the validity of your symptoms.

A diagnosis can help you qualify for financial benefits that may be available, and enable you to seek out treatments that better target your brain dysfunction.

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Physicians/Clinicians

If one of your patients reports ongoing cognitive symptoms but the results of a structural brain scan (e.g. MRI, CT) are normal, then they may benefit from a further assessment with functional MRI.  Having an accurate diagnosis of their condition will help you provide the best advice and design the most appropriate treatment plan for them.

If you are a neuropsychologist, fMRI can provide an additional level of assessment for your client.  Combining the results of the fMRI with those of your neuropsychological testing can bolster your findings and the certainty of your diagnosis, and inform the treatment strategies you recommend.

Severe Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury often results from a violent blow or jolt to the head or body. A severe brain injury is usually defined as being a condition where the patient has been in an unconscious state for 6 hours or more, or a post-traumatic amnesia of 24 hours or more. Many patients regain consciousness but a small number may not and can remain in a minimally conscious state where they have some intermittent response to their environment. fMRI can help in these cases by identifying which brain networks are still functional, so that you can focus your communication efforts on those networks. For example, if the patient’s auditory network is dysfunctional while the visual networks are intact, you can focus on visual contact with the patient. In addition, you can use this data to inform your treatment and rehabilitation efforts.

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