Ultra-High Field Spinal Cord Imaging
Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the human spinal cord in vivo suffers from multiple practical limitations: low signal-to-noise ratio, the need for high resolution, and the detrimental influence of…
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Prognosis
Abstract Prior to the widespread use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the diagnosis of acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) was largely based on clinical history, physical examination, plain film…
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Chronic Spinal Cord Injury and Recovery
Abstract The introduction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to the field of spinal cord injury (SCI) has vastly improved the diagnosis of injury level and severity as well as the…
Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases
Abstract The spinal cord is commonly affected in inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IDD) of the central nervous system. In the most common IDD, multiple sclerosis (MS), the importance of spinal cord…
Rationale for Quantitative MRI of the Human Spinal Cord and Clinical Applications
Abstract In vivo spinal cord imaging is now commonly used to diagnose patients with neurodegenerative disorders. Quantitative MRI (qMRI) techniques applied to the spinal cord show promise for predicting prognosis…
