BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Reduced-FOV DTI is promising for exploring the cervical
spinal cord, but the optimal set of parameters needs to be clarified. We hypothesized that the …

Purpose: To compare the accuracy of fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion
coefficient (ADC) values between reduced FOV or so-called zonally oblique multislice …

There is much interest in extending diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) research to the spinal
cord, whose connections are responsible for motor and sensory functions of the body …

Purpose Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), which is frequently used to characterize
microstructure impairments in many spinal cord diseases at clinical fields, may benefit from …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The zonally magnified oblique multislice EPI (ZOOM-EPI)
diffusion-weighted sequence has been visually shown to provide superior MR diffusion …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: DWI of the spinal cord is challenging because of its small
size and artifacts associated with the most commonly used clinical imaging method, SS-EPI …

Diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) has been used in the assessment of the central nervous
system for the past 3 decades and has demonstrated great utility for the functional …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to optimize imaging parameters for diffusion tensor
imaging (DTI) of the cervical spinal cord using a recently developed sensitivity-encoded …

Background Compared to diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of the brain, there is a paucity of
reports addressing the applicability of DTI in the evaluation of the spinal cord. Most …

Background Injury in the cervical spinal cord (CSC) can lead to varying degrees of
neurologic deficit and persistent disability. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a promising …