MRI to diagnose brain injury in Afghanistan?RSS Feed

The introduction of MRI machines to warzones will greatly assist medical professional in the treatment of troops with traumatic brain injury, experts have said.

Army Col Christian Macedonia, science adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told USA Today that the advanced imagining equipment is "letting people peer under the bed".

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm Michael Mullen told the news source that he has made the installation of the machines a "very high priority".

The US military has focused on mild traumatic brain injuries in recent months, with an emphasis on allowing these to heal so further, more permanent damage, would not be done.

However, mild traumatic brain injury is often missed by the CT radiation scans currently used in Afghanistan, leading to plans which could see the introduction of MRI machines.

This comes after the Marine Corps Times reported that the Purple Heart could go to US troops who suffer mild traumatic brain injury in combat.

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