Spinal-cord MRI in multiple sclerosis: conventional and nonconventional MR techniques

JCJ Bot, F Barkhof - Neuroimaging clinics of North America, 2009 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis is a diffuse disease of the central nervous system, and MRI of the spinal
cord is highly recommended in the clinical evaluation of patients suspected of having …

Multiple sclerosis in the spinal cord: MR appearance and correlation with clinical parameters.

LM Tartaglino, DP Friedman, AE Flanders, FD Lublin… - Radiology, 1995 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To determine the characteristic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of
multiple sclerosis (MS) that affect the spinal cord. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty-eight …

Acute inflammatory myelopathies

BAC Cree - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2014 - Elsevier
Inflammatory injury to the spinal cord causes a well-recognized clinical syndrome. Patients
typically develop bilateral weakness, usually involving the legs, although the arms may also …

Differentiation of multiple sclerosis from other inflammatory disorders and cerebrovascular disease: value of spinal MR imaging

JCJ Bot, F Barkhof, GL à Nijeholt… - Radiology, 2002 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To determine the value of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the spinal cord
to differentiate multiple sclerosis (MS) from other inflammatory disorders and …

Spinal MRI in patients with suspected multiple sclerosis and negative brain MRI

JW Thorpe, D Kidd, IF Moseley, AJ Thompson… - Brain, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Although MRI detects the while lesions of multiple sclerosis within the brain with high
sensitivity a minority of patients have normal brain MRL. We describe 20 patients, selected …

Spinal cord lesions in patients with multiple sclerosis: comparison of MR pulse sequences.

K Hittmair, R Mallek, D Prayer… - American journal …, 1996 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To compare T2-weighted conventional spin-echo (CSE), fast spin-echo (FSE),
shorttau inversion recovery (STIR) FSE, and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) FSE …

MR spectroscopy of cervical spinal cord in patients with multiple sclerosis

ATK Kendi, FU Tan, M Kendi, S Huvaj, S Tellioğlu - Neuroradiology, 2004 - Springer
MR spectroscopy (MRS) of the brain in patients with multiple sclerosis has been well
studied. However, in vivo MRS of the spinal cord in patients with MR spectroscopy has not …

Comparison of a conventional cardiac-triggered dual spin-echo and a fast STIR sequence in detection of spinal cord lesions in multiple sclerosis

JCJ Bot, F Barkhof, GJ Lycklama a Nijeholt… - European …, 2000 - Springer
The current optimal imaging protocol in spinal cord MR imaging in patients with multiple
sclerosis includes a long TR conventional spin-echo (CSE) sequence, requiring long …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical profile of multiple sclerosis in Bengal.

G Gangopadhyay, SK Das, P Sarda, SP Saha… - Neurology …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Forty five patients of multiple sclerosis diagnosed on the basis of Poser's criteria from West
Bengal were studied. The male-female ratio was 1: 1.5, mean age of onset 31.83 years in …

Newer sequences for spinal MR imaging: smorgasbord or succotash of acronyms?

JS Ross - American journal of neuroradiology, 1999 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
With the tremendous technical advances in MR imaging of the brain, such as perfusion,
diffusion, and blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) functional imaging, and contrast …