Considerations for Mean Upper Cervical Cord Area Implementation in a Longitudinal MRI Setting: Methods, Interrater Reliability, and MRI Quality Control.

Claudia Chien V Juenger Michael Scheel Alexander Ulrich Brandt Friedemann Paul

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2020)

Technical variability in cord measures decreased using non-distortion-corrected MRIs, a semiautomatic segmentation approach, and 1 rater. Rescan variability was within ±4.4% for group mean upper cervical cord area when MR imaging quality criteria were met.

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