Advanced

AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

This Article Figures Only Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Ducreux, D. Articles by Lasjaunias, P. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Ducreux, D. Articles by Lasjaunias, P.

American Journal of Neuroradiology 27:214-216, January 2006
© 2006 American Society of Neuroradiology

TECHNICAL NOTE
SPINE

MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Fiber Tracking in 5 Spinal Cord Astrocytomas

D. Ducreux^a, J.-F. Lepeintre^b, P. Fillard^c, C. Loureiro^b, M. Tadié^b and P. Lasjaunias^a

^a Department of Neuroradiology, CHU de Bicêtre, Paris XI University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
^b Department of Neurosurgery, CHU de Bicêtre, Paris XI University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
^c EPIDAURE, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France

Address correspondence to: Denis Ducreux, Department of Neuroradiology, CHU de Bicêtre, Paris XI University, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France

Summary: Spinal cord astrocytomas are rare neoplasms that can result in alteration of the spinal cord structural integrity, which can be assessed by using diffusion tensor imaging methods. Our objective was to visualize the deformation of the posterior spinal cord lemniscal and corticospinal tracts in 5 patients with low-grade astrocytomas compared with 10 healthy volunteers by using 3D fiber-tracking reconstructions.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				J. W. Lee, K. S. Park, J. H. Kim, J.-Y. Choi, S. H. Hong, S.-H. Park, and H. S. Kang Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Idiopathic Acute Transverse Myelitis Am. J. Roentgenol., August 1, 2008; 191(2): W52 - W57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				K. Fujiyoshi, M. Yamada, M. Nakamura, J. Yamane, H. Katoh, K. Kitamura, K. Kawai, S. Okada, S. Momoshima, Y. Toyama, et al. In Vivo Tracing of Neural Tracts in the Intact and Injured Spinal Cord of Marmosets by Diffusion Tensor Tractography J. Neurosci., October 31, 2007; 27(44): 11991 - 11998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				O. Ciccarelli, C.A. Wheeler-Kingshott, M.A. McLean, M. Cercignani, K. Wimpey, D.H. Miller, and A.J. Thompson Spinal cord spectroscopy and diffusion-based tractography to assess acute disability in multiple sclerosis Brain, August 1, 2007; 130(8): 2220 - 2231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]