Quantification of DTI in the Pediatric Spinal Cord: Application to Clinical Evaluation in a Healthy Patient Population.
Bryson B ReynoldsSamantha ByQ R WeinbergAtlee A WittA T NewtonH R FeilerB RamkorunD B ClaytonP CoutureJeffrey E MartusM AdamsJohn C WellonsS A SmithAashim BhatiaPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2019)
This research demonstrates that diffusion evolves in the pediatric spinal cord during development, dependent on both cord region and the diffusion index of interest. Future research could investigate how diffusion may be affected by common pediatric spinal pathologies.