ArticleAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2012
Clinical evaluation of reduced field-of-view diffusion-weighted imaging of the cervical and thoracic spine and spinal cord.
Article in AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03961646 (Evaluation of the FOCUS Diffusion's Added Clinical Value Compared to Conventional MRI With Wide Field View Diffusion in Focal Pancreatic Lesions Characterization), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Evaluation of the FOCUS Diffusion's Added Clinical Value Compared to Conventional MRI With Wide Field View Diffusion in Focal Pancreatic Lesions Characterization
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- Inter- and intra-rater reliability of diffusion tensor imaging parameters in the normal pediatric spinal cord.World journal of radiology · 2015Article
- Acquired pathology of the pediatric spine and spinal cord.Pediatric radiology · 2015Review
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- Pain and spinal cord imaging measures in children with demyelinating disease.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2015Review
- Neuroimaging to investigate multisystem involvement and provide biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.BioMed research international · 2014Review
- Reduced Field-of-View Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Pancreas: Comparison with Conventional Single-Shot Echo-Planar Imaging.Korean journal of radiologyArticle
- Repeatability Investigation of Reduced Field-of-View Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Thyroid Glands.Journal of computer assisted tomographyArticle
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Abstract
background and purposeDWI has the potential to improve the detection and evaluation of spine and spinal cord pathologies. This study assessed whether a recently described method (rFOV DWI) adds diagnostic value in clinical patients. MATERIALS AND
methodsConsecutive patients undergoing clinically indicated cervical and/or thoracic spine imaging received standard anatomic sequences supplemented with sagittal rFOV DWI by using a b-value of 500 s/mm(2). Two neuroradiologists blinded to clinical history evaluated the standard anatomic sequences only for pathology and provided their level of confidence in their diagnosis. These readers then rescored the examinations after reviewing the rFOV DWI study and indicated whether this sequence altered findings or confidence levels.
resultsTwo hundred twenty-three patients were included in this study. One hundred eighty patient scans (80.7%) demonstrated at least 1 pathologic finding. Interobserver agreement for identifying pathology (κ = 0.77) and in assessing the added value of the rFOV DWI sequence (κ = 0.77) was high. In pathologic cases, the rFOV DWI sequence added clinical utility in 33% of cases (P < .00001, Fisher exact test). The rFOV DWI sequence was found to be helpful in the evaluation of acute infarction, demyelination, infection, neoplasm, and intradural and epidural collections (P < .001, χ(2) test) and provided a significant increase in clinical confidence in the evaluation of 11 of the 15 pathologic subtypes assessed (P < .05, 1-sided paired Wilcoxon test).
conclusionsrFOV diffusion-weighted imaging of the cervical and thoracic spine is feasible in a clinical population and increases clinical confidence in the diagnosis of numerous common spinal pathologies.
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