Browse the latest research summaries in the field of medical imaging for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Neural Regeneration Research, 2017 • December 1, 2017
This review explores techniques for quantifying intermuscular (IMAT) and intramuscular (IntraMAT) adipose tissue using MRI, highlighting inconsistencies in past studies. It compares the Otsu and Midpo...
KEY FINDING: Significant differences exist between the Midpoint and Otsu methods in quantifying intramuscular adipose tissue (%IntraMAT) in the knee extensor muscle group.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2017 • January 1, 2017
This study investigated urological surveillance practices and ultrasonography outcomes in individuals with long-term spinal cord injury (SCI) in the Netherlands. The study revealed that a significant ...
KEY FINDING: 39% of the participants did not have routine urological checkups.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019 • July 1, 2019
This study evaluated the accuracy of DXA in quantifying trunk lean mass compared to MRI in men with SCI. The results showed that DXA overestimated trunk lean mass when compared to MRI. The study also ...
KEY FINDING: DXA overestimated trunk lean mass compared to MRI measurements. Trunk LM-DXA (24 ± 3.3 kg) and android LM-DXA (3.6 ± 0.7 kg) overestimated (P < 0.0001) trunk LM-MRI (1.7 ± 0.5 kg).
J Clin Neurol, 2018 • April 1, 2018
Diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) is a noninvasive medical imaging tool used to investigate the structure of white matter. The signal contrast in DTI is generated by differences in the Brownian motion of...
KEY FINDING: DTI scalars like FA, AD, RD, MD, and MO can be correlated with clinical information to reveal abnormalities associated with neurological diseases.
Spinal Cord, 2018 • October 1, 2018
This study evaluated the reproducibility of total and regional DXA-derived body composition values in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). The study assessed both short-term (same day) and long-...
KEY FINDING: Short-term precision: The RMS-CV% for each region did not exceed 5.6%, 2.7%, 3.8%, 6.5%, 5.8% and 2.3% for arms, legs, trunk, android and gynoid regions and total body mass, respectively.
Neurology, 2018 • April 24, 2018
This study investigated the relationship between tissue-specific cord pathology, neurophysiologic function, and clinical impairment after traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). The extent of tissue damag...
KEY FINDING: Neurodegeneration was observed in the dorsal and ventral horns, as well as white matter above the injury level.
Neural Regen Res, 2018 • May 1, 2018
This study investigated the dynamic correlation between DTI parameters of different spinal cord structures and functional assessment after SCI in dogs. The study found that ADC value was highly correl...
KEY FINDING: Fractional anisotropy values decreased after spinal cord injury, while the apparent diffusion coefficient, mean diffusivity, and radial diffusivity initially decreased and then increased over time.
J. Biomed. Opt., 2018 • June 29, 2018
This feasibility study investigated the use of live imaging to visualize neuronal fiber regeneration after spinal cord injury (SCI) and poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) bridge implantation in mice. Th...
KEY FINDING: Live imaging of neuronal fibers in the spinal cord of Thy1-eGFP mice is feasible both before and after SCI and PLG bridge implantation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOlecular medicine, 2018 • July 12, 2018
This study investigated the effect of ultrashortwave (USW) radiation on spinal cord injury (SCI) by examining its impact on the MK2-mediated inflammatory response. The findings suggest that USW radiat...
KEY FINDING: MK2 and TNF‑α/IL‑1β were found to be elevated in patients with SCI and in H2O2‑treated C8‑D1A cells, indicating their involvement in the inflammatory response following SCI.
Neural Regeneration Research, 2018 • October 1, 2018
This study validated a semi-automated threshold technique against manual tracing for measuring thigh muscle compartments in SCI patients, aiming for an accurate and faster tool. The threshold techniqu...
KEY FINDING: The threshold technique accurately measures thigh circumference, subcutaneous adipose tissue, whole muscle, femoral bone, bone marrow fat, knee extensor, and intramuscular fat cross-sectional areas in men with SCI.