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Stone is actively working to improve the clinical diagnosis of this disease process by creating an image library of three thousand healthy adults to serve as a reference when diagnosing TBI.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Stone is Vice Chairman of Clinical Research and Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging. His work and the work of other UVA professors in radiology contributes to a national effort to better understand TBI. To hear more about this effort, check out this video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1598\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc29.com\/story\/35593417\/uva-joins-national-initiative-in-traumatic-brain-injuries\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1598\" class=\"wp-image-1598 \" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/229\/2017\/06\/Dr-Stone-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/229\/2017\/06\/Dr-Stone-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/229\/2017\/06\/Dr-Stone-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/229\/2017\/06\/Dr-Stone-357x200.jpg 357w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/229\/2017\/06\/Dr-Stone.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Video: Traumatic Brain Injury Research at UVA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a neurological disorder that affects more than a million Americans. 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