ArticleEuropean radiology2011
Tractography of lumbar nerve roots: initial results.
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- Diffusion tensor imaging reveals changes in microstructural integrity along compressed nerve roots that correlate with chronic pain symptoms and motor deficiencies in elderly stenosis patients.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2019Article
- Quantitative Evaluation of the Compressed L5 and S1 Nerve Roots in Unilateral Lumbar Disc Herniation by Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging.Clinical neuroradiology · 2018Article
- Multicenter reproducibility study of diffusion MRI and fiber tractography of the lumbosacral nerves.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2018Article
- Visualization of lumbar nerves using reduced field of view diffusion tensor imaging in healthy volunteers and patients with degenerative lumbar disorders.The British journal of radiology · 2017Article
- Anatomical evaluation of lumbar nerves using diffusion tensor imaging and implications of lateral decubitus for lateral transpsoas approach.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2017Article
- Piriformis muscle syndrome with assessment of sciatic nerve using diffusion tensor imaging and tractography: a case report.Skeletal radiology · 2017Article
- Relationships between the integrity and function of lumbar nerve roots as assessed by diffusion tensor imaging and neurophysiology.Neuroradiology · 2017Article
- Diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of the sciatic nerve: assessment of fractional anisotropy and apparent diffusion coefficient values relative to the piriformis muscle, a preliminary study.Skeletal radiology · 2017Article
- Recent advances in magnetic resonance neuroimaging of lumbar nerve to clinical applications: A review of clinical studies utilizing Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance neurography.Spine surgery and related research · 2017Review
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Abstract
objectivesThe aims of this preliminary study were to demonstrate the feasibility of in vivo diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and fibre tracking (FT) of the lumbar nerve roots, and to assess potential differences in the DTI parameters of the lumbar nerves between healthy volunteers and patients suffering from disc herniation.
methodsNineteen patients with unilateral sciatica related to posterolateral or foraminal disc herniation and 19 healthy volunteers were enrolled in this study. DTI with tractography of the L5 or S1 nerves was performed. Mean fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) values were calculated from tractography images.
resultsFA and MD values could be obtained from DTI-FT images in all controls and patients. The mean FA value of the compressed lumbar nerve roots was significantly lower than the FA of the contralateral nerve roots (p = 0.0001) and of the nerve roots of volunteers (p = 0.0001). MD was significantly higher in compressed nerve roots than in the contralateral nerve root (p = 0.0002) and in the nerve roots of volunteers (p = 0.04).
conclusionDTI with tractography of the lumbar nerves is possible. Significant changes in diffusion parameters were found in the compressed lumbar nerves.
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