The role of MRI in the prediction of minimally conscious state after traumatic brain injury

Highlights 1 MRI is a good choice that can be expected to provide accurate prediction of neurological outcome. 2 The combination of MRI findings and other clinical data offers neurosurgeons substantial information of the primary and secondary injuries of the TBI patients, which allows a more accurate prediction of prognosis than single GCS or MRI findings. 3 The presence of lesions in thalamus, tegmentum and tectum appears to be the factor of greatest adverse prognostic significance in severe head trauma.