Generic acquisition protocol for quantitative MRI of the spinal cord

J Cohen-Adad, E Alonso-Ortiz, M Abramovic… - Nature protocols, 2021 - nature.com
Quantitative spinal cord (SC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) presents many challenges,
including a lack of standardized imaging protocols. Here we present a prospectively …

Evidence-based commentary on the diagnosis, management, and further research of degenerative cervical spinal cord compression in the absence of clinical …

T Horak, M Horakova, M Kerkovsky, M Dostal… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) represents the final consequence of a series of
degenerative changes in the cervical spine, resulting in cervical spinal canal stenosis and …

Spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy detect early-stage alterations and disease progression in Friedreich ataxia

JM Joers, IM Adanyeguh, DK Deelchand… - Brain …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Friedreich ataxia is the most common hereditary ataxia. Atrophy of the spinal cord is one of
the hallmarks of the disease. MRI and magnetic resonance spectroscopy are powerful and …

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging reveals tract‐specific microstructural correlates of electrophysiological impairments in non‐myelopathic and myelopathic spinal …

J Valošek, R Labounek, T Horák… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Non‐myelopathic degenerative cervical spinal cord compression
(NMDC) frequently occurs throughout aging and may progress to potentially irreversible …

Tract‐specific spinal cord diffusion tensor imaging in Friedreich's ataxia

ALCC Hernandez, TJR Rezende… - Movement …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Spinal cord (SC) damage is a hallmark in Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA).
Neuroimaging has been able to capture some SC macroscopic changes, but no study has …

Spinal cord atrophy as a measure of severity of myelopathy in adrenoleukodystrophy

SIW van de Stadt, WJC van Ballegoij… - Journal of Inherited …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
All men and most women with X‐linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) develop myelopathy in
adulthood. As clinical trials with new potential disease‐modifying therapies are emerging …

[HTML][HTML] Semi-automated detection of cervical spinal cord compression with the Spinal Cord Toolbox

M Horáková, T Horák, J Valošek, T Rohan… - … imaging in medicine …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Degenerative cervical spinal cord compression is becoming increasingly
prevalent, yet the MRI criteria that define compression are vague, and vary between studies …

Comparison of multicenter MRI protocols for visualizing the spinal cord gray matter

J Cohen‐Adad, E Alonso‐Ortiz, S Alley… - Magnetic resonance …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Spinal cord gray‐matter imaging is valuable for a number of applications, but
remains challenging. The purpose of this work was to compare various MRI protocols at 1.5 …

Ultra-high-field imaging of the pediatric brain and spinal cord

DK Deelchand, ML Ho, I Nestrasil - … Resonance Imaging Clinics, 2021 - mri.theclinics.com
Neuroimaging at ultra-high-field (UHF)(7 Tesla) provides superior signal-to-noise and
contrastto-noise ratios, as well as increased spatial resolution and tissue contrast. Trade-offs …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic monitoring of radiation-induced white matter microstructure injury in nasopharyngeal carcinoma via high-angular resolution diffusion imaging

T Li, Y Guo, X Jin, T Liu, G Wu, W Huang, F Chen - Brain Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate white matter microstructural abnormalities caused by radiotherapy in
nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients using MRI high-angular resolution diffusion …