Table 3.
Comparing the temporal pattern of performing the various analyses in clinical and in experimental TBI studies.
| Methods | Time |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | Days | Weeks | Months | |
| In vivo imaging | ||||
| Clinical | +++ | ++ | + | ± |
| Experimental | ± | + | ± | − |
| Neurobehavioral | ||||
| Clinical | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |
| Experimental | ± | ± | ++ | ± |
| Cerebral monitoring | ||||
| Clinical | +++ | ++ | − | − |
| Experimental | − | − | − | − |
| Biochemical assays | ||||
| Clinical | +++ | +++ | + | ± |
| Experimental | − | ± | ± | − |
| In vitro analysis of brain tissue | ||||
| Clinical | ± | ± | ± | ± |
| Experimental | +++ | ++ | + | − |
Typical frequency of use: not typically used; ±, rarely used; +, typically used; ++, frequently used; +++, routinely used. The indications are based on outputs from literature searches and personal communications.