Quantitative MRI of rostral spinal cord and brain regions is predictive of functional recovery in acute spinal cord injury

Objective: To reveal the immediate extent of trauma-induced neurodegenerative changes rostral to the level of lesion and determine the predictive clinical value of quantitative MRI (qMRI) following acute spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: Twenty-four acute SCI patients and 23 healthy controls underw...

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Main Authors: Maryam Seif, Armin Curt, Alan J. Thompson, Patrick Grabher, Nikolaus Weiskopf, Patrick Freund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158218302675