Keywords:
Neuroradiology brain, Anatomy, Musculoskeletal spine, MR, MR-Diffusion/Perfusion, MR-Functional imaging, Experimental investigations, Imaging sequences, Education, Tissue characterisation
Authors:
M. Skotarczak1, A. Szarmach1, A. Durawa2, M. Kaszubowski1, M. Dubaniewicz-Wybieralska1, E. Szurowska1; 1Gdańsk/PL, 280-283/PL
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-0451
Methods and materials
Between 2013 - 2017,
39 healthy volunteers (27 females and 12 males,
ages from 25 to 71 years,
average 42,4±10,9) without clinical or radiological symptoms of cervical myelopathy were examined.
The Ethics Committee of Medical University of Gdansk approved the study.
Informed consent was obtained for all participating subjects.
The patients with degenerative disease,
congenital abnormalities and post traumatic changes in cervical spine were excluded from the study.
The anterior-posterior diameter of the spinal canal and the DTI values were measured in transverse T2-weighted images,
in cross-section at the widest part of the spinal canal,
at the level of C2/C3,
C3/C4,
C4/C5,
C5/C6 and C6/C7 discs.
The values of ADC and FA were determined on the basis of measurements from areas of interest (ROI),
which were drawn manually from the whole area of the cord including grey and white matter,
on axial images of isotropic diffusion.