Browse the latest research summaries in the field of medical imaging for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Pain, 2015 • January 1, 2015
This study aimed to identify subgroups of SCI patients based on thalamic Glx/Ins ratio and pain intensity and to compare their somatosensory function. Cluster analysis revealed two distinct groups: a ...
KEY FINDING: Participants with high neuropathic pain (HNP) showed significantly lower Glx/Ins ratios in the thalamus compared to those with low neuropathic pain (LNP).
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2016 • October 11, 2016
This retrospective study analyzed 101 patients with hip NMO using CT scans to assess osteomas and their relationship with surrounding tissues before surgery. The study found a strong correlation betwe...
KEY FINDING: CT scans accurately show the relationship between the abnormal bone and important structures like blood vessels and nerves.
NeuroImage, 2017 • June 29, 2017
The study introduces reliability masking, a novel outlier rejection technique for spinal cord DTI, to supplement existing artifact correction methods. Reliability masking, when added to registration a...
KEY FINDING: Adding reliability masking to established post-processing steps increased the statistical power of clinical findings by 4.7%.
PLOS ONE, 2015 • October 30, 2015
This study presents a unique longitudinal dataset of weekly rs-fMRI scans over 3.5 years to assess the reproducibility and temporal structure of rs-fMRI outcome measures. The research identifies 14 RS...
KEY FINDING: Resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) outcome measures, specifically network spatial maps, temporal signal fluctuation magnitude, and between-network connectivity (BNC), showed high inter-session reproducibility.
Scientific Reports, 2016 • April 20, 2016
This study demonstrates remote and spatially localized morphological and microstructural changes of the spinal cord within the grey and white matter above the level of stenosis in patients with CSM. T...
KEY FINDING: Patients with CSM exhibited significant atrophy in the cervical white matter (13.9%), grey matter (7.2%), and posterior columns (16.1%) above the level of stenosis.
Cureus, 2017 • February 14, 2017
This case report describes a rare presentation of traumatic brachial nerve root avulsion with pseudomeningocele formation complicated by spinal epidural hematoma formation after a motor vehicle collis...
KEY FINDING: The patient presented with right arm paralysis and was found to have multiple injuries including fractures and pneumothoraces.
Yonsei Medical Journal, 2005 • June 1, 2005
This study investigated the usefulness of early MRI findings in predicting neurologic recovery in patients with traumatic cervical spinal cord injuries. The study found that MRI patterns (edematous vs...
KEY FINDING: Patients with edematous type MRI patterns showed significantly greater improvement in motor and sensory function below the injury level compared to those with mixed type patterns.
Neuroradiology, 2017 • August 1, 2017
The study aimed to improve the specificity of DTI measurements in assessing SCI by using a subject-specific injury demarcation approach. This involved using DTI tractography to define regions relative...
KEY FINDING: DTI indices obtained from the IRRI region showed the highest specificity to impairment, demonstrating their strong potential as biomarkers for the SCI severity.
J Spinal Cord Med, 2008 • January 1, 2008
This case series evaluated patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) who were suspected of having heterotopic ossification (HO) but had negative initial bone scans. The study identified seven patients wi...
KEY FINDING: Seven patients with SCI and clinically suspected HO had initially negative triple-phase bone scans that later became positive.
Eur Spine J, 2008 • July 18, 2008
The study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVT) compared to conservative medical therapy (CMT) for acute osteoporotic vertebral fractures. PVT showed superior short-ter...
KEY FINDING: PVT resulted in a significantly greater reduction in pain and improvement in ambulation and activities of daily living at 1 week and 3 months compared to CMT.