%X We present a comparison of cervical cord metrics obtained using both a whole brain and dedicated cord implementation of a recently introduced quantitative multi-parametric MRI protocol which provides apparent proton density, R1, magnetisation transfer saturation (MTsat) and R2* maps sensitive to microstructural tissue changes in brain and spinal cord. Similar whole cervical cord (levels C1-C5) parameters were obtained using either protocol, and inter-subject variation was low, however in order to investigate tissue-specific cord parameters the dedicated cord protocol with higher in-plane resolution would be desirable.
%T Comparison of cervical cord results from a quantitative 3D multi-parameter mapping (MPM) protocol of the whole brain with a dedicated cervical cord protocol
%A R Samson
%A M Battiston
%A M Seif
%A J Cohen-Adad
%A P Freund
%A C Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott
%L discovery10068975
%I International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
%B Proceedings of the Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2018
%O This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
%D 2018