Table 1.
Protocol Used for Counting Lesions in Different Anatomical Localizations Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Diffuse Axonal Injury
| Grade 1 (hemispheric) | T2*GRE | Right | Left | DW | Right | Left | SWI | Right | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontal | |||||||||
| Temporal | |||||||||
| Parietal | |||||||||
| Occipital | |||||||||
| Insular | |||||||||
| Cerebellar |
| Grade 2 (corpus callosum) | T2*GRE | DW | SWI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genu | |||
| Body | |||
| Splenium |
| Grade 3 (brainstem) | T2*GRE | Crus cerebri | SN and tegmental | Tectal | DW | Crus cerebri | SN and tegmental | Tectal | SWI | Crus cerebri | SN and tegmental | Tectal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesencephalon |
| T2*GRE | Ventral | Dorsal | DW | Ventral | Dorsal | SWI | Ventral | Dorsal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pons | |||||||||
| Medulla oblongata |
| Deep hemispheric lesions | T2*GRE | Right | Left | DW | Right | Left | SWI | Right | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thalamus | |||||||||
| Basal ganglia | |||||||||
| Internal capsule |
T2*GRE, T2*-weighted gradient echo; DW, diffusion-weighted sequence; SWI, susceptibility-weighted imaging;