Feasibility of diffusion tensor imaging in cervical spondylotic myelopathy using MUSE sequence

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a chronic compression lesion of the spinal cord caused by spinal canal stenosis due to disc herniation more frequently [1], which is the most common form of spinal cord injury in adults, especially in older patients [2]. It is important to quantify and identify the early changes of spinal cord before development of irreversible damage. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including T1- and T2-weighted images is the gold diagnosis standard for CSM [3], but conventional MRI is limited in reflecting the severity of myelopathy in early stages of CSM [4].

Source: The Spine Journal - March 29, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Haoyue Shao, Azzam Saeed, Qiufeng Liu, Chaoxu Liu, Weiyin Vivian Liu, Qiya Zhang, Shuting Huang, Guiling Zhang, Li Li, Jiaxuan Zhang, Wenzhen Zhu, Xiangyu Tang Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research