New diffusion metrics for spondylotic myelopathy at an early clinical stage.

Objectives: To investigate the use of root mean square displacement (RMSD) and mean diffusional kurtosis (DK) metrics of q-space imaging data to estimate spinal cord compression in patients with early cervical spondylosis.Methods: We studied 50 consecutive patients at our institution (22 male, 28 fe...

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Published in:European Radiology Vol. 22; no. 8; pp. 1797 - 1803
Main Authors: Hori M, Fukunaga I, Masutani Y, Nakanishi A, Shimoji K, Kamagata K, Asahi K, Hamasaki N, Suzuki Y, Aoki S, Hori, Masaaki, Fukunaga, Issei, Masutani, Yoshitaka, Nakanishi, Atsushi, Shimoji, Keigo, Kamagata, Koji, Asahi, Koichi, Hamasaki, Nozomi, Suzuki, Yuriko, Aoki, Shigeki
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Aug2012
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