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

• Published in: The spine journal Vol. 24; no. 8; pp. 1352 - 1360
• Main Authors: Shao, Haoyue, Liu, Qiufeng, Saeed, Azzam, Liu, Chaoxu, Liu, Weiyin Vivian, Zhang, Qiya, Huang, Shuting, Zhang, Guiling, Li, Li, Zhang, Jiaxuan, Zhu, Wenzhen, Tang, Xiangyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2024
• Subjects: Axial diffusivity; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Fractional anisotropy; Japanese Orthopaedic Association scale, Mean diffusivity; MUltiplexed sensitivity-encoding diffusion tensor imaging; Radial diffusivity; Axial diffusivity; Fractional anisotropy; Radial diffusivity; Japanese Orthopaedic Association scale, Mean diffusivity; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; MUltiplexed sensitivity-encoding diffusion tensor imaging

•MUSE-DTI acquired a better image quality compared to traditional DTI.•MUSE-DTI parameters of the spinal cord at MCL in CSM patients were significantly grade-dependent and all correlated with clinical JOA scores.•The ADC2 values can reflect the secondary damage of distal spinal cord. The most freque...