Medical Imaging Research

KEY FINDING: MB-SWIFT was tolerant to electrode-induced artifacts and respiratory motion, leading to substantially higher fMRI sensitivity than spin echo fMRI.

KEY FINDING: Patients with DCM had significantly higher muscle fat infiltration (MFI) in the multifidus and semispinalis cervicis (MFSS) and longus capitis/colli (LC) muscles compared to healthy controls.

KEY FINDING: A 38-year-old male diver developed type 2 decompression sickness with spinal cord involvement after a rapid ascent from a dive.

KEY FINDING: White matter atrophy was detectable both rostral and caudal to the injury as early as 2 months post injury.

KEY FINDING: The spine generic protocol provides a harmonized approach for acquiring high-quality qMRI of the human cervical spinal cord at 3T across the three main MRI manufacturers.

KEY FINDING: The original figure legend incorrectly described the data presented in Figure 16.

KEY FINDING: Residual tissue SCA at the injury epicenter and residual tissue FA/remote normal-like tissue FA were correlated with the early-stage PS and GS.

KEY FINDING: The most common myelopathic signs observed were positive Hoffmann’s sign and the presence of reverse brachioradialis reflex.

KEY FINDING: LIFU stimulation at intensities greater than 0.5 MPa induced soleus muscle contraction and increased EMG amplitudes, indicating activation of spinal cord neurocircuits.

KEY FINDING: The majority of SCIWORA patients in this series were males with a mean age of 46.5 years, with falls being the most common injury mechanism.