Comparison of multicenter MRI protocols for visualizing the spinal cord gray matter.

Julien Cohen-Adad Eva Alonso-OrtizStephanie AlleyMaria Marcella LaganaFrancesca BaglioSigne Johanna Vannesjo Haleh KarbasforoushanMaryam SeifAlan C SeifertJunqian XuJoo-Won KimRené LabounekLubomír VojtíšekMarek DostálJan ValošekRebecca S SamsonFrancesco Grussu Marco BattistonClaudia A M Gandini Wheeler-KingshottMarios C YiannakasGuillaume GilbertTorben SchneiderBrian JohnsonFerran Prados

Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2022)

We propose quality assessment criteria and metrics for gray-matter visualization and apply them to different protocols. The proposed criteria and metrics, the analyzed protocols, and our open-source code can serve as a benchmark for future optimization of spinal cord gray-matter imaging protocols.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
spinal cord injury
neuropathic pain
magnetic resonance imaging
high resolution
clinical trial
computed tomography
current status
double blind
single molecule