Browse the latest research summaries in the field of medical imaging for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Cancer Management and Research, 2018 • January 1, 2018
This report describes a case of cervical intramedullary diffuse glioma resection assisted by intraoperative MRI (ioMRI). The ioMRI system was designed for multioperation rooms. After initial resection...
KEY FINDING: ioMRI detected residual tumor tissues indistinguishable under the surgical microscope.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2018 • December 5, 2018
This study assessed the reliability and reproducibility of diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) in lower limb muscles, both in healthy individuals and those with motor incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). ...
KEY FINDING: The intra- and inter-rater reliability of the ADC measurements were high, averaging 0.89 and 0.79, respectively.
BioMed Research International, 2018 • November 11, 2018
This study assessed pathological changes in white matter tracts in adult rats with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) using in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The study revealed that spared white ...
KEY FINDING: The amount of spared white matter measured by MRI closely correlated with actual spared white matter (R2 = 0.8508) and BBB scores (R2 = 0.8460).
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2019 • January 1, 2019
This study challenges the assumption that spinal cord injuries (SCI) must occur in the same location as the spinal column injury, a concept called "locality," which led to the SCIWORA hypothesis. The ...
KEY FINDING: Six SCI patients with a residual diagnosis of SCIWORA were identified, 3 pediatric and 3 adult. All had injuries fitting non-locality. None were an actual SCIWORA.
Front. Hum. Neurosci., 2019 • February 12, 2019
This study investigated white matter (WM) microstructure alterations in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, comparing cervical and thoracic injury levels using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). The resul...
KEY FINDING: Compared to controls, SCI patients showed decreased FA and increased MD and RD in several brain WM tracts, including the corpus callosum, superior longitudinal fasciculus, and corona radiata.
Balkan Med J, 2019 • June 1, 2019
This clinical image reports a case of Hirayama disease in a 15-year-old male presenting with progressive weakness and atrophy in his right arm. Diagnosis was confirmed by flexion MRI showing dilation ...
KEY FINDING: The patient presented with progressive weakness and atrophy in the right distal arm and hand muscles.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2019 • February 6, 2019
This study aimed to establish the inter-rater reliability of manual MRI measures of spinal cord damage following cervical incomplete SCI. The study found high-to-excellent inter-rater reliability for ...
KEY FINDING: High-to-excellent inter-rater reliability was found for all measures.
Med Sci Monit, 2019 • July 20, 2019
The study investigates the potential of diaphragm ultrasonography to evaluate pulmonary function in patients with cervical spinal cord injuries. Results indicate differences in diaphragm thickness and...
KEY FINDING: Spinal cord injury patients showed increased diaphragm thickness compared to healthy volunteers.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, 2012 • August 2, 2012
The study evaluated the utility of 3-D MRI/18F-FDG PET fusion imaging in patients with cervical compressive myelopathy to define intramedullary signal changes on MRI and local glucose metabolic rate m...
KEY FINDING: Low-intensity signals on T1-weighted MRI images correlate with poorer postoperative neurological outcomes, while T2-weighted images do not show the same correlation.
Pain, 2013 • February 1, 2013
This study investigated the relationship between metabolite concentrations in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury (SCI). The study revealed that individua...
KEY FINDING: The SCI-HPI group had significantly higher levels of myoinositol (Ins), creatine, and choline, and significantly lower levels of N-acetyl aspartate/Ins and glutamate-glutamine (Glx)/Ins ratios than the SCI-LPI group.