Lumbar spinal cord motion measurement with phase-contrast MR imaging in normal children and in children with spinal lipomas

F Brunelle; G Sebag; J Baraton; M Carteret; P Martinat; A Pierre-Kahn

doi:10.1007/BF01372108

Lumbar spinal cord motion measurement with phase-contrast MR imaging in normal children and in children with spinal lipomas

Pediatr Radiol. 1996;26(4):265-70. doi: 10.1007/BF01372108.

Authors

F Brunelle¹, G Sebag, J Baraton, M Carteret, P Martinat, A Pierre-Kahn

Affiliation

¹ Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Enfants Malades, 149 rue de Sevres, F-75743 Paris Cedex 15, France.

PMID: 8677142
DOI: 10.1007/BF01372108

Abstract

We assessed the normal movement of the lumbar spinal cord using phase-contrast MR imaging, and also the movement of the spinal cord in patients with spinal lipoma pre- and postoperatively. Phase-contrast MR imaging proved to be a valuable tool in this context.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Lipoma / diagnosis
Lipoma / physiopathology*
Lipoma / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Movement
Spina Bifida Occulta / diagnosis
Spina Bifida Occulta / physiopathology*
Spina Bifida Occulta / surgery
Spinal Cord / pathology
Spinal Cord / physiology*
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / physiopathology*
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery