"Grading of diffuse axonal injury due to trauma is described according to the anatomic distribution of injury. Contrary to the implication of the word "diffuse," diffuse axonal injury has a topological predilection for focal involvement of certain sites in the brain. These sites, in turn, vary in functional importance."
"Lindell Gentry translated the histopathologic grading system to imaging in the following manner in a review article in 1994 published in Radiology 2:"
Expected headings
"Classification"
"Pathology"
"MRI"
"less common sites: parietal and occipital lobes, internal and external capsules, cerebellum"