Generic acquisition protocol for quantitative MRI of the spinal cord

J Cohen-Adad, E Alonso-Ortiz, M Abramovic… - Nature protocols, 2021 - nature.com
Quantitative spinal cord (SC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) presents many challenges,
including a lack of standardized imaging protocols. Here we present a prospectively …

Open-access quantitative MRI data of the spinal cord and reproducibility across participants, sites and manufacturers

J Cohen-Adad, E Alonso-Ortiz, M Abramovic, C Arneitz… - Scientific Data, 2021 - nature.com
In a companion paper by Cohen-Adad et al. we introduce the spine generic quantitative MRI
protocol that provides valuable metrics for assessing spinal cord macrostructural and …

SCT: Spinal Cord Toolbox, an open-source software for processing spinal cord MRI data

B De Leener, S Lévy, SM Dupont, VS Fonov, N Stikov… - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
For the past 25 years, the field of neuroimaging has witnessed the development of several
software packages for processing multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) to …

High-resolution multi-parametric quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of the human cervical spinal cord at 7T

A Massire, M Taso, P Besson, M Guye, JP Ranjeva… - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
Quantitative MRI techniques have the potential to characterize spinal cord tissue
impairments occurring in various pathologies, from both microstructural and functional …

[HTML][HTML] Translating state-of-the-art spinal cord MRI techniques to clinical use: A systematic review of clinical studies utilizing DTI, MT, MWF, MRS, and fMRI

AR Martin, I Aleksanderek, J Cohen-Adad… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2016 - Elsevier
Background A recent meeting of international imaging experts sponsored by the
International Spinal Research Trust (ISRT) and the Wings for Life Foundation identified 5 …

Spinal cord MRI using multi‐array coils and fast spin echo: I. Technical aspects and findings in healthy adults

JW Thorpe, D Kidd, BE Kendall, PS Tofts, GJ Barker… - Neurology, 1993 - AAN Enterprises
It is time-consuming to detect intrinsic spinal cord lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) by MRI
using conventional surface coils and T2-weighted spin-echo pulse sequences. Multi-array …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-parametric quantitative in vivo spinal cord MRI with unified signal readout and image denoising

F Grussu, M Battiston, J Veraart, T Schneider… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Multi-parametric quantitative MRI (qMRI) of the spinal cord is a promising non-invasive tool
to probe early microstructural damage in neurological disorders. It is usually performed in …

[HTML][HTML] The current state-of-the-art of spinal cord imaging: methods

PW Stroman, C Wheeler-Kingshott, M Bacon… - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
A first-ever spinal cord imaging meeting was sponsored by the International Spinal
Research Trust and the Wings for Life Foundation with the aim of identifying the current state …

Clinically feasible microstructural MRI to quantify cervical spinal cord tissue injury using DTI, MT, and T2*-weighted imaging: assessment of normative data and …

AR Martin, B De Leener… - American Journal …, 2017 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: DTI, magnetization transfer, T2*-weighted imaging, and
cross-sectional area can quantify aspects of spinal cord microstructure. However, clinical …

The current state-of-the-art of spinal cord imaging: applications

CA Wheeler-Kingshott, PW Stroman, JM Schwab… - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
A first-ever spinal cord imaging meeting was sponsored by the International Spinal
Research Trust and the Wings for Life Foundation with the aim of identifying the current state …