Pre-contrast T1-weighted imaging of the spinal cord may be unnecessary in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Isabelle RiedererMark MühlauClaus ZimmerMagaly Gutbrod-FernandezNico SollmannJan S KirschkePublished in: European radiology (2021)
Availability of pre-contrast T1-w images does not increase diagnostic confidence or detection rate of contrast-enhancing lesions in the spinal cord of MS patients. Excluding pre-contrast T1-w sequences reduces scan time, thus providing more time for other sequences or increasing the patients' compliance.
Keyphrases
- spinal cord
- magnetic resonance
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- contrast enhanced
- spinal cord injury
- prognostic factors
- high resolution
- peritoneal dialysis
- neuropathic pain
- computed tomography
- multiple sclerosis
- deep learning
- ms ms
- convolutional neural network
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- photodynamic therapy
- quantum dots
- genetic diversity