J Ling1, W Jinrui1, C Ligang1, C Wen1, L Xiaoguang2, J Liang2. 1. Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China. 2. Department of Osteology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Abstract
Study design:A clinical study in human spinal cord. Objectives: To evaluate changes in spinal cord blood perfusion in patients with thoracic spinal stenosis using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and to semiquantitatively analyze blood perfusion changes in compressed spinal cord before and after ventral decompression.Setting:Ultrasound department of a university hospital. Methods: Twelve patients with confirmed thoracic spinal stenosis who needed decompression surgery participated. They underwent an intravenous injection of a contrast agent before and after ventral decompression. Quantitative analysis software (Philips Healthcare, Bothell, WA, USA) was used to perform time-intensity curve (TIC) analysis. The enhanced intensity (ΔI), rise time (ΔT) and slope of the TIC (β) were separately calculated; t-tests of the independent samples were performed on the indicators. Results: The TICs showed no significant differences between compressed spinal cord and normal spinal cord in ΔT, enhanced ΔI and β (P= 0.46, P=0.23 and P=0.16, respectively). After ventral decompression, ΔI of the originally compressed spinal cord increased substantially (P= 0.04) compared with ΔI of the normal spinal cord; however, the ΔT and β showed no significant differences (P= 0.18 and P=0.09, respectively). Comparison of the blood perfusion parameters (that is, ΔT and ΔI) of the compressed spinal cords before and after ventral decompression showed no significant differences (P=0.14 and P=0.12, respectively), but β showed significant difference (P=0.02). Conclusion: Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography can dynamically display spinal cord blood perfusion. The characteristics of blood perfusion can be semiquantitatively analyzed using a software technique.Spinal Cord advance online publication, 13 January 2015; doi:10.1038/sc.2014.213.
Study design:A clinical study in human spinal cord. Objectives: To evaluate changes in spinal cord blood perfusion in patients with thoracic spinal stenosis using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and to semiquantitatively analyze blood perfusion changes in compressed spinal cord before and after ventral decompression.Setting:Ultrasound department of a university hospital. Methods: Twelve patients with confirmed thoracic spinal stenosis who needed decompression surgery participated. They underwent an intravenous injection of a contrast agent before and after ventral decompression. Quantitative analysis software (Philips Healthcare, Bothell, WA, USA) was used to perform time-intensity curve (TIC) analysis. The enhanced intensity (ΔI), rise time (ΔT) and slope of the TIC (β) were separately calculated; t-tests of the independent samples were performed on the indicators. Results: The TICs showed no significant differences between compressed spinal cord and normal spinal cord in ΔT, enhanced ΔI and β (P= 0.46, P=0.23 and P=0.16, respectively). After ventral decompression, ΔI of the originally compressed spinal cord increased substantially (P= 0.04) compared with ΔI of the normal spinal cord; however, the ΔT and β showed no significant differences (P= 0.18 and P=0.09, respectively). Comparison of the blood perfusion parameters (that is, ΔT and ΔI) of the compressed spinal cords before and after ventral decompression showed no significant differences (P=0.14 and P=0.12, respectively), but β showed significant difference (P=0.02). Conclusion: Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography can dynamically display spinal cord blood perfusion. The characteristics of blood perfusion can be semiquantitatively analyzed using a software technique.Spinal Cord advance online publication, 13 January 2015; doi:10.1038/sc.2014.213.
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