Advanced MRI imaging of nerve roots in lumbar radiculopathy due to discoradicular conflict: DWI, DTI, and T2 mapping with clinical and neurophysiological correlations.

Federico BrunoAlfonso MarrelliFlavia Cobianchi BellisariGiuseppe MartineseAlessio GagliardiLeonardo PerticiValeria PaglieiPierpaolo PalumboFrancesco ArrigoniErnesto Di CesareAntonio BarileCarlo MasciocchiAlessandra Splendiani

Published in: La Radiologia medica (2022)

Evaluation of lumbar nerve roots using advanced MRI sequences may provide useful clinical information in patients with lumbar radiculopathy, potentially indicating active inflammation/myelinic damage (DTI, T2 mapping) and axonal damage/chronicity (DWI).

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
minimally invasive
high resolution
oxidative stress
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
spinal cord injury
high density
mass spectrometry
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