title: Diffusion tractography of the cervical spinal cord by using parallel imaging.
abstract: We applied a single-shot echo-planar axial diffusion tensor sequence with parallel imaging for tractography of the cervical cord. Placing a large region of interest on a reconstructed sagittal image, the cervical cord was depicted as a tract bundle showing color-encoded cephalocaudally. By setting one region of interest in the cerebral peduncle and another in the entire cord on source images, tracts on each side were visualized. This method is promising for tractography of the cervical cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 161-8611, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003116:Color; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology*