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Research progress of DTI quantification in myelopathy
CUI Yunan  MIAO Yanwei 

Cite this article as: Cui YN, Miao YW. Research progress of DTI quantification in myelopathy[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(7): 102-104, 109. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.07.024.


[Abstract] At present, there are many limitations in spinal magnetic resonance imaging. In recent years, with the application of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), the quality of spinal imaging has been improved, and quantitative measurement has become possible, and it has been gradually applied in the diagnosis of various spinal diseases. In this paper, DTI imaging of spinal cord was studied in healthy spinal cord, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinal cord compression, myelitis, multiple sclerosis. The applications of spinal cord injury (SCI), spinal cord injury (MS) and tumor were reviewed. DTI imaging of spinal cord can not only quantitatively describe the diffuse characteristics of healthy spinal cord, but also early diagnose various spinal cord diseases and define the lesion range, monitor the progress of the disease and evaluate the postoperative recovery.
[Keywords] myelopathy；diffusion tensor imaging；amyotrophic lateral sclerosis；spinal cord compression；myelitis；multiple sclerosis；spinal cord injuries；spinal cord neoplasms

CUI Yunan   MIAO Yanwei*  

Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, China

Miao YW, E-mail: ywmiao716@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This article is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81671646).
Received  2021-03-31
Accepted  2021-05-08
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.07.024
Cite this article as: Cui YN, Miao YW. Research progress of DTI quantification in myelopathy[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(7): 102-104, 109. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.07.024.

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