... to the difficulty in detecting diffuse axonal injury[34,35] and lesions of the brainstem [2].Recently, research into the value of imaging for prognosis hasfocussed on the brainstem. Here, Magnetic ... mortality and severe morbidity in young adults in industrialized countries, for example, in Germany 30,000 peo-ple suffer from severe brain trauma each year. A total of 10,000 result in death, and ... GOS 3 and GOS 4 to 5 was made possible by com-bining metabolic (spectroscopy) and anatomic (imaging)brainstem data.It remains, however, that MRI scanning in TBI patient involvesa number of technical...