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Figures
- Fig 1.
Region-of-interest placement on an axial B0 image of the cervical spine used in this study.
- Fig 2.
Average FA values for controls compared with FA values for each individual subject, with SCI as a function of section number.
- Fig 3.
Average D values for controls compared with D values for each individual subject, with SCI as a function of section number.
- Fig 4.
Average radial D values for controls compared with radial D values for each individual subject, with SCI as a function section number.
- Fig 5.
Average axial D values for controls compared with D values for each individual subject, with SCI as a function of section number.
- Fig 6.
A, MR tractography images of the cervical spinal cord of a child with IS derived from FA values in the white matter tracts, a measure of degree of myelination of the white matter tracts along the spinal cord. B, Conventional midline sagittal T2-weighted image of a child with SCI (complete injury, ASIA A). C, An MR tractography image based on the FACT algorithm of the cervical spinal cord of the child in B. This algorithm failed, however, to track the rest of the cervical cord well below the injury (arrow) level, even though the FA measurements for this subject 4 showed recovery of FA values as seen in Fig 2.
Tables
FA rs (P value < .0001)a D rs (P value < .0001)a PP score left 0.28 Manual muscle test score, upper extremities −0.29 0.16 Manual muscle test score, lower extremities 0.47 −0.32 Total MS 0.28 AC 0.50 −0.33 Highest NL −0.26 LT score, right S4–5 0.50 −0.24 LT score, left S4–5 0.50 −0.26 LT total score, S4–5 0.50 −0.25 PP score, right S4–5 0.50 −0.27 PP score, left S4–5 0.50 −0.29 Total PP, score S4–5 0.50 −0.28 -
a P < .05 is significant.
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