ArticleThe Indian journal of radiology & imaging2011
Diffusion tensor imaging in spinal cord injury.
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Role of Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Evaluation of Myelopathy
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Translating state-of-the-art spinal cord MRI techniques to clinical use: A systematic review of clinical studies utilizing DTI, MT, MWF, MRS, and fMRI.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2016Pooled it
- Role of diffusion tensor imaging and tractography in spinal cord injury.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2022Review
- Diffusional kurtosis imaging as a possible prognostic marker of cervical incomplete spinal cord injury outcome: a prospective pilot study.Acta neurochirurgica · 2022Article
- Cervical Cord Neurodegeneration in Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of neurotrauma · 2020Article
- Diffusion tensor imaging of the spinal cord status post trauma.Surgical neurology international · 2020Review
- Dorsal and ventral horn atrophy is associated with clinical outcome after spinal cord injury.Neurology · 2018Article
- Spontaneous acute and chronic spinal cord injuries in paraplegic dogs: a comparative study of in vivo diffusion tensor imaging.Spinal cord · 2017Observational
- Quantifying the impact of underlying measurement error on cervical spinal cord diffusion tensor imaging at 3T.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2016Article
- Feasibility of 3.0 T diffusion-weighted nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of functional recovery of rats with complete spinal cord injury.Neural regeneration research · 2015Article
- Does diffusion tensor data reflect pathological changes in the spinal cord with chronic injury.Neural regeneration research · 2013Article
- Diffusion tensor imaging observation in Pott's spine with or without neurological deficit.Indian journal of orthopaedicsArticle
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Abstract
background and purposeTo assess the feasibility of spinal tractography in patients of spinal cord injury vs a control group and to compare fractional anisotropy (FA) values between the groups. MATERIALS AND
methodsDiffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was performed in the spinal cord of 29 patients (18 patients and 11 controls). DTI was done in the cervical region if the cord injury was at the dorsal or lumbar region and in the conus region if cord injury was in the cervical or dorsal region. FA was calculated for the patients and the controls and the values were compared.
resultsThe mean FA value was 0.550±0.09 in the control group and 0.367±0.14 in the patients; this difference was statistically significant (P=0.001).
conclusionSpinal tractography is a feasible technique to assess the extent of spinal cord injury by FA, which is reduced in patients of spinal cord injury, suggesting possible Wallerian degeneration. In future, this technique may become a useful tool for assessing cord injury patients after stem cell therapy, with improvement in FA values indicating axonal regeneration.
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