Evaluation of Focal Cervical Spinal Cord Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis: Comparison of White Matter-Suppressed T1 Inversion Recovery Sequence versus Conventional STIR and Proton Density-Weighted Turbo Spin-Echo Sequences.
D K SundarakumarC M SmithW D HwangMahmud Mossa-BashaKenneth R MaravillaPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2016)
There is better interreader consistency in the lesion count on the WM-suppressed T1 inversion recovery sequence compared with STIR/proton density-weighted TSE sequences. The focal cord lesions are visualized with better conspicuity due to better contrast ratio and edge sharpness. There are fewer spurious lesions on the WM-suppressed T1 inversion recovery sequence compared with STIR/proton density-weighted TSE. The WM-suppressed T1 inversion recovery sequence could potentially be substituted for either STIR or proton density-weighted TSE sequences in routine clinical protocols.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- multiple sclerosis
- computed tomography
- white matter
- spinal cord
- diffusion weighted imaging
- network analysis
- amino acid
- spinal cord injury
- electron transfer
- molecular docking
- room temperature
- density functional theory
- genetic diversity
- ionic liquid