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Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chronic Spinal Cord Compression
Published on: May 7, 2019
Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Spinal Cord
Sho-Jen Cheng1, Ping-Huei Tsai2, Yun-Ting Lee3
1Department of Medical Imaging, Taipei Medical University Hospital, 252 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Spinal cord often is regarded as one of the last territories in the central nervous system where diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can be used to probe white matter architecture. This article reviews current progress in spinal cord DTI, starting with anatomic properties and technical challenges that make spinal cord DTI a difficult task. Several possibilities offered by advanced pulse sequences that might overcome the difficulties are addressed, with associated trade-offs and limitations. Potential clinical assistance also is discussed in various spinal cord pathologies, such as myelopathy due to external compression, spinal cord tumors, acute ischemia, traumatic injury, and so forth.
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