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An advanced type of scan has been used to identify traumatic brain injury in troops that has previously gone undetected.

The advanced MRI scan revealed unique structural abnormalities in the brains of troops who had only been diagnosed with mild blast-related traumatic brain injury, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Traumatic brain injury in many troops has been classed as mild or concussion, but study author Dr David L Brody, of Washington University, warned that these injuries may be more damaging than people think.

"We call these injuries 'mild', but in reality they sometimes can have serious consequences," he warned.

Troops could be protected from such traumatic brain injury by wearing a larger helmet, according to a study carried out at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.

According to USA Today, the research demonstrated that giving troops a larger helmet with more padding could reduce impact to the skull by 24 per cent.

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