Altered diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters in brain parenchyma after traumatic brain injury

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 Comparison of FA findings between trauma patients & control

FA		No trauma n = 6	Trauma n = 24	Student t test	p value
SLF	Right	0.376 ± 0.029	0.412 ± 0.11	0.753	0.458
SLF	Left	0.349 ± 0.191	0.394 ± 0.092	0.836	0.410
AF	Right	0.427 ± 0.071	0.420 ± 0.098	0.153	0.879
AF	Left	0.390 ± 0.088	0.458 ± 0.126	1.24	0.226
Genu	Right	0.7975 ± 0.07	0.521 ± 0.127	5.07	< 0.001*
Genu	Left	0.771 ± 0.091	0.516 ± 0.140	4.20	< 0.001*
Splenium	Right	0.863 ± 0.06	0.537 ± 0.151	5.12	< 0.001*
Splenium	Left	0.858 ± 0.06	0.544 ± 0.168	4.43	< 0.001*
ILF	Right	0.484 ± 0.075	0.461 ± 0.081	0.617	0.542
ILF	Left	0.477 ± 0.064	0.466 ± 0.068	0.385	0.703
CS	Right	0.671 ± 0.07	0.524 ± 0.121	2.87	0.008*
CS	Left	0.699 ± 0.076	0.530 ± 0.116	3.36	0.002*