Background context Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a very useful diagnostic test for
cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) because it can identify degenerative changes within …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has recently been applied to study spinal cord function
in humans. However, spinal functional MRI (fMRI) encounters major technical challenges …

Background Focally increased spinal cord motion at the level of cervical spinal stenosis has
been revealed by phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI). Objective To investigate spinal cord motion …

The Dancing Cord: Inherent Spinal Cord Motion and Its Effect... : Neurosurgery The Dancing
Cord: Inherent Spinal Cord Motion and Its Effect on Cord Dose in Spine Stereotactic Body …

The aim of this study is to assess the utility and effectiveness of diffusion tensor imaging
(DTI) and diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) of the entire pediatric cervical and thoracic …

MR spectroscopy allows insight into the chemical composition of human tissue
noninvasively. Thereby it can help to better characterize pathologic processes affecting the …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: DTI in the brain has been well established, but its
application in the spinal cord, especially in pediatrics, poses several challenges. The small …

Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) has been extensively applied
to investigate the organization of functional networks in the brain. As an essential part of the …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is widely recognized as one of the most
powerful tools available for basic and clinical research. With a minimum of technical jargon …

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is currently the only non-invasive in vivo assessment of white
matter tract integrity. Capitalizing on the diffusion properties of water within an axon, DTI …