ArticleFrontiers in neurology2024
CT-3D MERGE fusion imaging improves image quality compared with CT and 3D MERGE in patients with lumbar disc herniation.
Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: CT-routine MRI fusion imaging has recently become available to evaluate spinal anatomy before surgery. Due to the 3-5 mm slice thickness and non-isotropic of routine MRI sequence, the CT-routine MRI fusion imaging is not good. The MRI multiple recalled gradient echo (MERGE) sequence is potentially useful in diagnosis of lumbar degeneration disease due to the better nerve roots visualization, 1 mm slice thickness and its isotropy. Purpose: The present study aimed to evaluate the image quality of CT-3D MERGE fusion images compared with CT and 3D MERGE images in patients with lumbar disc herniation. Methods: Fifty-nine patients with lumbar disc herniation who underwent both lumbar CT and MRI including 3D-MERGE and routine lumbar MRI sequences were evaluated. All CT, 3D MERGE and CT-3D MERGE fusion images were separately assessed by two radiologists using five-point Likert scoring method based on five aspects: display of bony structure, intervertebral discs, nerve roots, overall anatomical details and image artifacts. Furthermore, two observers documented the sacral slope (SS), L4/5 intervertebral space heights (ISH), width and height of L4/5 intervertebral foramen (FW and FH) on CT and CT-MERGE fusion images. Results: There was insufficient evidence to show a difference in bony structure score between CT and CT-3D MERGE fusion images ( Conclusion: CT-3D MERGE fusion images exhibit superior image quality to both CT and 3D MERGE for the simultaneous observation of bony structures, intervertebral discs, and nerve roots.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.