Lumbar spinal cord motion measurement with phase-contrast MR imaging in normal children and in children with spinal lipomas.
We assessed the normal movement of the lumbar spinal cord using phase-contrast MR imaging, and also the movement of the spinal cord in patients with spinal lipoma pre- and postoperatively. Phase-contrast MR imaging proved to be a valuable tool in this context.
Brunelle
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F
Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Enfants Malades, 149 rue de Sevres, F-75743 Paris Cedex 15, France.
Sebag
G
G
Baraton
J
J
Carteret
M
M
Martinat
P
P
Pierre-Kahn
A
A
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009068:Movement; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery