Myelin water and T2 relaxation measurements in the healthy cervical spinal cord at 3.0 T: repeatability and changes with age

EL MacMillan, B Mädler, N Fichtner, MF Dvorak, DKB Li… - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiecho T2 relaxation measurements offer specific information about myelin content
through the myelin water fraction (MWF), as well as about the water environments through …

Effect of distortion corrections on the tractography quality in spinal cord diffusion‐weighted imaging

C Dauleac, E Bannier, F Cotton… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To assess the impact of a different distortion correction (DC) method and patient
geometry (sagittal balance) on the quality of spinal cord tractography rendering according to …

[HTML][HTML] Segmental differences of cervical spinal cord motion: advancing from confounders to a diagnostic tool

M Hupp, K Vallotton, C Brockmann, S Huwyler… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Increased cranio-caudal spinal cord motion is associated with clinical impairment in
degenerative cervical myelopathy. However, whether spinal cord motion holds potential as a …

Closing the loop and raising the bar: Automated control systems in neuromodulation

PYP Su, J Arle, L Poree - Pain Practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Neuromodulation has emerged as a promising therapy for the management of
chronic pain, movement disorders, and other neurological conditions. Spinal cord …

Ultrahigh‐resolution quantitative spinal cord MRI at 9.4 T

O Geldschläger, D Bosch, NI Avdievich… - Magnetic resonance …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To present the results of the first human spinal cord in vivo MRI scans at 9.4 T.
Methods A human brain coil was used to image the human spinal cord at 9.4 T. All …

Attenuation of lower-thoracic, lumbar, and sacral spinal cord motion: implications for imaging human spinal cord structure and function

CR Figley, D Yau, PW Stroman - American Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Recent literature indicates that cervical and upper-thoracic
spinal cord motion adversely affect both structural and functional MR imaging (fMRI; …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of spinal cord motion as a new diagnostic MRI-parameter in cervical spinal canal stenosis: study protocol on a prospective longitudinal trial

K Wolf, AJ Krafft, K Egger, JH Klingler, U Hubbe… - Journal of orthopaedic …, 2019 - Springer
Background Increased spinal cord motion has been proven to be a relevant finding within
spinal canal stenosis disclosed by phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI). Adapted PC-MRI is a …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced FOV diffusion tensor MR imaging and fiber tractography of pediatric cervical spinal cord injury

M Alizadeh, A Intintolo, DM Middleton, CJ Conklin… - Spinal Cord, 2017 - nature.com
Study design: Quantitative study. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of pediatric spinal
cord diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) generated from reduced field of view diffusion …

Development and validation of retrospective spinal cord motion time-course estimates (RESPITE) for spin-echo spinal fMRI: Improved sensitivity and specificity by …

CR Figley, PW Stroman - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Cervical spinal cord displacements have recently been measured in relation to the cardiac
cycle, substantiating that cord motion in this region reduces both the sensitivity and …

Influence of attention focus on neural activity in the human spinal cord during thermal sensory stimulation

PW Stroman, BC Coe, DP Munoz - Magnetic resonance imaging, 2011 - Elsevier
Perceptions of sensation and pain in healthy people are believed to be the net result of
sensory input and descending modulation from brainstem and cortical regions depending …