Benjamin M Ellingson1, Noriko Salamon2, John W Grinstead3, Langston T Holly4. 1. Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 924 Westwood Blvd., Suite 615, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA; Department of Biomedical Physics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 924 Westwood Blvd., Suite 615, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA; Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, 5121 Engineering V, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: ellingsb@gmail.com. 2. Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 924 Westwood Blvd., Suite 615, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. 3. Siemens Healthcare, 5030 NE 115th Ave, Portland OR 97208, USA. 4. Department of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 924 Westwood Blvd., Suite 615, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the standard imaging modality for the assessment of cervical spinal cord; however, MRI assessment of the spinal cord in cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients has not demonstrated a consistent association with neurologic function or outcome after surgical or medical intervention. Thus, there is a need for sensitive imaging biomarkers that can predict functional impairment in patients with advanced cervical spondylosis. PURPOSE: To implement diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) as an imaging biomarker for microstructural integrity and functional impairment in patients with cervical spondylosis. STUDY DESIGN: Nonrandomized, single institution study. PATIENT SAMPLE: Forty-eight cervical spondylosis patients with or without spinal cord signal change underwent DTI of the spinal cord along with functional assessment. OUTCOME MEASURES: Functional measures of neurologic function via modified Japanese Orthopedic Association (mJOA) score. METHODS: A zoomed-echoplanar imaging technique and two-dimensional spatially selective radiofrequency excitation pulse were used for DTI measurement. Fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), radial and axial diffusion (AD) coefficient, AD anisotropy, ψ, defined as AD-MD, and the standard deviation (SD) of primary eigenvector orientation were evaluated at the site of compression. RESULTS: Results suggest average FA, transverse apparent diffusion coefficient, ψ, and SD of primary eigenvector orientation at the spinal level of highest compression were linearly correlated with mJOA score. Receiver-operator characteristic analysis suggested FA and ψ could identify stenosis patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms with a relatively high sensitivity and specificity. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study support the potential use of DTI as a biomarker for predicting functional impairment in patients with cervical spondylosis.
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the standard imaging modality for the assessment of cervical spinal cord; however, MRI assessment of the spinal cord in cervical spondylotic myelopathypatients has not demonstrated a consistent association with neurologic function or outcome after surgical or medical intervention. Thus, there is a need for sensitive imaging biomarkers that can predict functional impairment in patients with advanced cervical spondylosis. PURPOSE: To implement diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) as an imaging biomarker for microstructural integrity and functional impairment in patients with cervical spondylosis. STUDY DESIGN: Nonrandomized, single institution study. PATIENT SAMPLE: Forty-eight cervical spondylosispatients with or without spinal cord signal change underwent DTI of the spinal cord along with functional assessment. OUTCOME MEASURES: Functional measures of neurologic function via modified Japanese Orthopedic Association (mJOA) score. METHODS: A zoomed-echoplanar imaging technique and two-dimensional spatially selective radiofrequency excitation pulse were used for DTI measurement. Fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), radial and axial diffusion (AD) coefficient, AD anisotropy, ψ, defined as AD-MD, and the standard deviation (SD) of primary eigenvector orientation were evaluated at the site of compression. RESULTS: Results suggest average FA, transverse apparent diffusion coefficient, ψ, and SD of primary eigenvector orientation at the spinal level of highest compression were linearly correlated with mJOA score. Receiver-operator characteristic analysis suggested FA and ψ could identify stenosispatients with mild-to-moderate symptoms with a relatively high sensitivity and specificity. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study support the potential use of DTI as a biomarker for predicting functional impairment in patients with cervical spondylosis.
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