Meiyun Wang1, Yongming Dai2, Qing
Lin, Yanhong Han, Man Wang, E Mark Haacke3, Zhen Wu, Dapeng Shi
1Department of Radiology, Henan
Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China; 2MRI,
Siemens Healthcare, Shanghai; 3Biomedical Engineering, McMaster
University
We
aimed to evaluate the role of SWI in detecting hemorrhage in spinal cord
injury (SCI). Eighteen patients with a history of acute cervical spine trauma
and 20 volunteers were enrolled in this study. SWI showed hemorrhage in 4
patients, which was not demonstrated on conventional MRI; 4 of 18 had
intramedullary hemorrhage, which was proved by SWI and neurosugery. So we
conclude SWI is an invaluable tool for visualizing hemorrhage in SCI compared
to conventional MRI methods.
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