Zonally magnified oblique multislice and non-zonally magnified oblique multislice DWI of the cervical spinal cord

M Alizadeh, MM Poplawski, J Fisher… - American Journal …, 2018 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The zonally magnified oblique multislice EPI (ZOOM-EPI)
diffusion-weighted sequence has been visually shown to provide superior MR diffusion …

Diffusion tensor imaging focusing on lower cervical spinal cord using 2D reduced FOV interleaved multislice single-shot diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging …

EH Park, YH Lee, EK Jeong, YH Roh, JS Suh - Magnetic Resonance …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the performance of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of the cervical spinal
cord by comparing 2-dimensional standard single-shot interleaved multisection inner …

The reliability of reduced field-of-view DTI for highly accurate quantitative assessment of cervical spinal cord tracts

T Yokohama, M Iwasaki, D Oura, S Furuya… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Purpose: To compare the accuracy of fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion
coefficient (ADC) values between reduced FOV or so-called zonally oblique multislice …

Reduced field-of-view diffusion imaging of the human spinal cord: comparison with conventional single-shot echo-planar imaging

G Zaharchuk, EU Saritas, JB Andre… - American journal …, 2011 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
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 …

Quantification of diffusivities of the human cervical spinal cord using a 2D single-shot interleaved multisection inner volume diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging …

TH Kim, L Zollinger, XF Shi, SE Kim… - American journal …, 2010 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: DTI is a highly sensitive technique, which can detect
pathology not otherwise noted with conventional imaging methods. This paper provides the …

Cervical spinal cord DTI is improved by reduced FOV with specific balance between the number of diffusion gradient directions and averages

A Crombe, N Alberti, B Hiba… - American Journal …, 2016 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
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 …

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the normal human spinal cord in vivo

CA Holder, R Muthupillai… - American Journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Diffusion-weighted imaging is a robust technique for
evaluation of a variety of neurologic diseases affecting the brain, and might also have …

Reproducible evaluation of spinal cord DTI using an optimized inner volume sequence in combination with probabilistic ROI analysis

F Laun, B Stieltjes, M Schlüter, R Rupp… - Zeitschrift für Medizinische …, 2009 - Elsevier
The purpose of this work was to reliably acquire and evaluate diffusion tensor data of the
cervical spine. Thereto, we describe an optimized, time-efficient inner-volume echo planar …

Diffusion tensor imaging within the healthy cervical spinal cord: Within-participants reliability and measurement error

H Al-Shaari, CJ Heales, J Fulford - Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a promising technique for the visualization of
the cervical spinal cord (CSC) in vivo. It provides information about the tissue structure of …

Diffusion Imaging of the Spinal Cord: Clinical Applications

JF Talbott, V Shah, QY Allen - Radiologic Clinics, 2024 - radiologic.theclinics.com
It has been nearly 200 years since the botanist Robert Brown first observed and reported on
the random microscopic motions of pollen grains and dust particles in solution, thus …