Army Post to Test for Brain Injuries
WTOP News
Apr 25, 2007
The Army, faced with thousands of cases of brain injury from the Iraq war, will soon begin testing brain scanning equipment in hopes of finding a more accurate way to identify hard-to-diagnose wounds.
Fort Carson hopes to get a new scanning camera in two weeks that uses gamma rays and radioisotopes, Col. John Cho, commander of the Evans Army Community Hospital at Fort Carson, said Tuesday.
To date, the Army has not extensively used neuroimaging equipment to detect brain injuries in returning soldiers because not enough testing has been done to judge the technology’s effectiveness.