Functional Assessment of Lumbar Nerve Roots Using Coronal-plane Single-shot Turbo Spin-echo Diffusion Tensor Imaging.

Functional Assessment of Lumbar Nerve Roots Using Coronal-plane Single-shot Turbo Spin-echo Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Magn Reson Med Sci. 2019 Jun 13;: Authors: Sakai T, Aoki Y, Watanabe A, Yoneyama M, Ochi S, Miyati T Abstract We investigated the usefulness of diffusion tensor imaging using single-shot turbo spin-echo sequence (TSE-DTI) in detecting the responsible nerve root by multipoint measurements of fractional anisotropy (FA) values. Five patients with bilateral lumbar spinal stenosis showing unilateral neurological symptoms were examined using TSE-DTI. In the spinal canal, FA values in the symptomatic side were lower than those in the asymptomatic side. TSE-DTI using multipoint measurements of FA values can differentiate the responsible lumbar nerve root. PMID: 31189790 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences : MRMS - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Magn Reson Med Sci Source Type: research