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08.06.2017 | Diagnostic Neuroradiology

Subject-specific regional measures of water diffusion are associated with impairment in chronic spinal cord injury

verfasst von: Ann S. Choe, Cristina L. Sadowsky, Seth A. Smith, Peter C. M. van Zijl, James J. Pekar, Visar Belegu

Erschienen in: Neuroradiology | Ausgabe 8/2017

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Abstract

Purpose

We aimed to identify non-invasive imaging parameters that can serve as biomarkers for the integrity of the spinal cord, which is paramount to neurological function. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) indices are sensitive to axonal and myelin damage, and have strong potential to serve as such biomarkers. However, averaging DTI indices over large regions of interest (ROIs), a common approach to analyzing the images of injured spinal cord, leads to loss of subject-specific information. We investigated if DTI-tractography-driven, subject-specific demarcation approach can yield measures that are more specific to impairment.

Methods

In 18 individuals with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI), subject-specific demarcation of the injury region was performed using DTI tractography, which yielded three regions relative to injury (RRI; regions superior to, at, and below injury epicenter). DTI indices averaged over each RRI were correlated with measures of residual motor and sensory function, obtained using the International Standard of Neurological Classification for Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI).

Results

Total ISNCSCI score (ISNCSCI-tot; sum of ISNCSCI motor and sensory scores) was significantly (p < 0.05) correlated with fractional anisotropy and axial and radial diffusivities. ISNCSCI-tot showed strongest correlation with indices measured from the region inferior to the injury epicenter (IRRI), the degree of which exceeded that of those measured from the entire cervical cord—suggesting contribution from Wallerian degeneration.

Conclusion

DTI tractography-driven, subject-specific injury demarcation approach provided measures that were more specific to impairment. Notably, DTI indices obtained from the IRRI region showed the highest specificity to impairment, demonstrating their strong potential as biomarkers for the SCI severity.

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Titel: Subject-specific regional measures of water diffusion are associated with impairment in chronic spinal cord injury
verfasst von: Ann S. Choe
Cristina L. Sadowsky
Seth A. Smith
Peter C. M. van Zijl
James J. Pekar
Visar Belegu
Publikationsdatum: 08.06.2017
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Neuroradiology / Ausgabe 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0028-3940
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-017-1860-9

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