Abstract #2978
Quantitative Evaluation of Spinal Cord Cine-MRI with Optical Flow Analysis
Tomohiko Horie1, Natsuo Konta1, Masateru Kawakubo2, Hiroshi Hamano3, Han Soo Chang4, Tetsu Niwa5, Kagayaki Kuroda6, and Mitsunori Matsumae4
1Department of Radiology, Tokai University Hospital, Isehara, Japan, 2Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 3Philips Japan, Shinagawa, Japan, 4Department of Neurosurgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan, 5Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan, 66) Department of Human and Information Science, School of Information Science and Technology, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Japan
Synopsis
There are still many unclear issues in the motions of the spinal cord. This study is the first report to use optical flow analysis for quantitative evaluation of spinal cord motions. In the study of healthy volunteers, we found large displacement of the upper thoracic spinal cord. The study of clinical cases revealed that the spinal cord displacement changed before and after surgery. Therefore, these results suggested that quantitative evaluation of spinal cord motions is feasible using optical flow analysis.
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