25 years of contrast-enhanced MRI: developments, current challenges and future perspectives

J Lohrke, T Frenzel, J Endrikat, FC Alves, TM Grist… - Advances in …, 2016 - Springer
In 1988, the first contrast agent specifically designed for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
gadopentetate dimeglumine (Magnevist®), became available for clinical use. Since then, a …

Spinal cord abnormalities in recently diagnosed MS patients: added value of spinal MRI examination

JCJ Bot, F Barkhof, CH Polman, GJLÀ Nijeholt… - Neurology, 2004 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: The most recent diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS) ascertain that
findings from spinal cord MRI can be used to demonstrate dissemination in space. Because …

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 …

Acute spinal cord injury: MR imaging at 1.5 T.

MV Kulkarni, CB McArdle, D Kopanicky, M Miner… - Radiology, 1987 - pubs.rsna.org
Thirty-seven magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies were performed with a 1.5-T magnet
and surface coils in 27 patients with suspected spinal cord injuries. Imaging was performed …

Spinal cord MRI using multi‐array coils and fast spin echo: II. Findings in multiple sclerosis

D Kidd, JW Thorpe, AJ Thompson, BE Kendall… - Neurology, 1993 - AAN Enterprises
We performed MRI of brain and spinal cord on 80 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Using multi-array coils and fast spin echo, 139 intrinsic lesions were identified in 59 patients …

Sensitivity and specificity of MRI in detecting malignant spinal cord compression and in distinguishing malignant from benign compression fractures of vertebrae

KC Li, PY Poon - Magnetic resonance imaging, 1988 - Elsevier
The accuracy of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the detection of metastatic
compression of the spinal cord and the cauda equina (MCCE) in 75 patients with known …

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 …

Serial gadolinium-enhanced MRI of the brain and spinal cord in early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

JW Thorpe, D Kidd, IF Moseley, BE Kendall… - Neurology, 1996 - AAN Enterprises
Although serial MRI studies of the brain in relapsing-remitting MS have demonstrated
frequent asymptomatic disease activity, less is known about the spinal cord. We carried out …

The spinal cord in multiple sclerosis: relationship of high-spatial-resolution quantitative MR imaging findings to histopathologic results

JCJ Bot, ELA Blezer, W Kamphorst… - Radiology, 2004 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To correlate quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging data (ie, relaxation
times and magnetization transfer ratios [MTRs]) with histopathologic findings of …

Intramedullary disease of the spine: diagnosis using gadolinium-DTPA-enhanced MR imaging

G Sze, G Krol, RD Zimmerman… - American journal of …, 1988 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Twenty-six patients with suspected lesions of the spinal cord were studied before and after
administration of gadolinium-DTPA to assess whether contrast enhancement was useful in …