Correlation between degree of subvoxel spinal cord compression measured with super-resolution tract density imaging and neurological impairment in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 631-638

  Ellingson, Benjamin M ^a   Salamon, Noriko ^a   Woodworth, Davis C ^a   Holly, Langston T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Diffusion tensor imaging; DTI; Modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association Scale; Spinal cord; Stenosis; Tractography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TRACTOGRAPHY; AGED; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; SPONDYLOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938904653     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.10.SPINE14222     Document Type: Article

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