Spinal cord atrophy after spinal cord injury–A systematic review and meta-analysis

C Trolle, E Goldberg, C Linnman - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2023 - Elsevier
Cervical spinal cord atrophy occurs after spinal cord injury. The atrophy and how level of
injury affects atrophy differs between studies. A systematic review and metaanalysis were …

Investigation of perfusion impairment in degenerative cervical myelopathy beyond the site of cord compression

A Lebret, S Lévy, N Pfender, M Farshad, FCS Altorfer… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The aim of this study was to determine tissue-specific blood perfusion impairment of the
cervical cord above the compression site in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy …

Acid: a comprehensive toolbox for image processing and modeling of brain, spinal cord, and ex vivo diffusion MRI data

G David, B Fricke, JM Oeschger, L Ruthotto… - Imaging …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Diffusion MRI (dMRI) has become a crucial imaging technique in the field of neuroscience,
with a growing number of clinical applications. Although most studies still focus on the brain …

Reproducible Spinal Cord Quantitative MRI Analysis with the Spinal Cord Toolbox

J Valošek, J Cohen-Adad - Magnetic Resonance in Medical …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The spinal cord plays a pivotal role in the central nervous system, providing communication
between the brain and the body and containing critical motor and sensory networks. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of progressive degeneration of major spinal pathways following spinal cord injury: A longitudinal study

S Schading, G David, TM Emmenegger, C Achim… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Following spinal cord injury (SCI), disease processes spread gradually along
the spinal cord forming a spatial gradient with most pronounced changes located at the …

Optimized multi-echo gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging for gray and white matter segmentation in the lumbosacral cord at 3 T

S Büeler, MC Yiannakas, Z Damjanovski, P Freund… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Atrophy in the spinal cord (SC), gray (GM) and white matter (WM) is typically measured in-
vivo by image segmentation on multi-echo gradient-echo magnetic resonance images. The …

Improved inter-subject alignment of the lumbosacral cord for group-level in vivo gray and white matter assessments: A scan-rescan MRI study at 3T

S Büeler, P Freund, TM Kessler, MD Liechti, G David - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables the investigation of pathological
changes in gray and white matter at the lumbosacral enlargement (LSE) and conus …

Wallerian Degeneration Assessed by Multi-Modal Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cervical Spinal Cord Is Associated With Neurological Impairment After Spinal Cord …

H Yu, Z Liu, M Pang, Q Luo, C Huang, W He… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
While Wallerian degeneration (WD) is a crucial pathological process induced with spinal
cord injury (SCI), its underlying mechanisms is still understudied. In this study, we aim to …

Quantifying neurodegeneration of the cervical cord and brain in degenerative cervical myelopathy: A multicentre study using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging

P Freund, V Boller, TM Emmenegger… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Simultaneous assessment of neurodegeneration in both the
cervical cord and brain across multiple centres can enhance the effectiveness of clinical …

Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy and spinal cord injury: introduction to the special issue

K Soufi, A Nouri, AR Martin - Journal of clinical medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
Damage to the spinal cord (SC) can arise from either traumatic or non-traumatic spinal cord
injury (SCI). Non-traumatic forms of SCI include degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) in …