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 …

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 …

Advances in spinal cord imaging in multiple sclerosis

M Moccia, S Ruggieri, A Ianniello… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The spinal cord is frequently affected in multiple sclerosis (MS), causing motor, sensory and
autonomic dysfunction. A number of pathological abnormalities, including demyelination …

Spinal cord MRI in multiple sclerosis—diagnostic, prognostic and clinical value

H Kearney, DH Miller, O Ciccarelli - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2015 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disorder of the CNS that affects both the brain and
the spinal cord. MRI studies in MS focus more often on the brain than on the spinal cord …

Characterizing the location of spinal and vertebral levels in the human cervical spinal cord

DW Cadotte, A Cadotte… - American Journal …, 2015 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Advanced MR imaging techniques are critical to
understanding the pathophysiology of conditions involving the spinal cord. We provide a …

[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 …

Ten key insights into the use of spinal cord fMRI

JM Powers, G Ioachim, PW Stroman - Brain sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
A comprehensive review of the literature-to-date on functional magnetic resonance imaging
(fMRI) of the spinal cord is presented. Spinal fMRI has been shown, over more than two …

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 …

Automatic magnetic resonance spinal cord segmentation with topology constraints for variable fields of view

M Chen, A Carass, J Oh, G Nair, DL Pham, DS Reich… - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Spinal cord segmentation is an important step in the analysis of neurological diseases such
as multiple sclerosis. Several studies have shown correlations between disease progression …

Framework for integrated MRI average of the spinal cord white and gray matter: the MNI–Poly–AMU template

VS Fonov, A Le Troter, M Taso, B De Leener… - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
The field of spinal cord MRI is lacking a common template, as existing for the brain, which
would allow extraction of multi-parametric data (diffusion-weighted, magnetization transfer …