Influence of Control Data on Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

Diffusion Tensor Imaging Studies of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis

A meta-analysis was conducted to assess alterations in measures of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in the patients of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), exploring the potential role of DTI as a diagnosis biomarker. A systematic search of all related studies written in English was conducted using PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Cochrane comparing CSM patients with healthy controls...

Diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography in cervical spondylotic myelopathy at 3.0T: correlation with clinical symptoms in 104 cases

Diagnostic potential of the diffusion tensor tractography with fractional anisotropy in the diagnosis and treatment of cervical spondylotic and posttraumatic myelopathy

BACKGROUND Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based methodology widely used for the evaluation of microstructural integrity of the central nervous system (CNS), particularly of brain white matter fibers and bundles. METHODS The most common parameters evaluated in a DTI study are the fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD). Combining FA and MD ana...

Correlation of diffusion tensor imaging parameters with neural status in Pott's spine.

INTRODUCTION Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been used in cervical trauma and spondylotic myelopathy, and it has been found to correlate with neural deficit and prognosticate neural recovery. Such a correlation has not been studied in Pott's spine with paraplegia. Hence, this prospective study has been used to find correlation of DTI parameters with neural deficit in these patients. METHOD...

Diffusion tensor imaging in human cervical spondylotic myelopathy using a 2D RF excitation pulse combined with a reduced field-of-view single-shot echoplanar readout (Zoomed-EPI)

Introduction Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a spinal disorder characterized by degeneration of vertebral bodies, intervertebral disks, facet joints, and associated ligaments typically resulting in formation of bony spurs and myelopathy. CSM frequency increases with increasing age, where as many as 95% of men and 70% of women over age 60 to 65 have degenerative changes at one or more v...