ArticleCancers2024
Value of Spinal Cord Diffusion Imaging and Tractography in Providing Predictive Factors for Tumor Resection in Patients with Intramedullary Tumors: A Pilot Study.
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- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features in Intramedullary Tumors: A Pictorial Review.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Stitching brain and spinal cord DTI using cross-correlation registration: toward an atlas of spinal tracts.European radiology experimental · 2025Article
- Microstructural Characteristics of Cervical Spinal Cord Using High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging (HARDI) and Tractography in Healthy Subjects.Clinical neuroradiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
This pilot study aimed to investigate the interest of high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) and tractography of the spinal cord (SC) in the management of patients with intramedullary tumors by providing predictive elements for tumor resection. Eight patients were included in a prospective study. HARDI images of the SC were acquired using a 3T MRI scanner with a reduced field of view. Opposed phase-encoding directions allowed distortion corrections. SC fiber tracking was performed using a deterministic approach, with extraction of tensor metrics. Then, regions of interest were drawn to track the spinal pathways of interest. HARDI and tractography added value by providing characteristics about the microstructural organization of the spinal white fibers. In patients with SC tumors, tensor metrics demonstrated significant changes in microstructural architecture, axonal density, and myelinated fibers (all,
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