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- Justin K Zhang, Dinal Jayasekera, Chunyu Song, Jacob K Greenberg, Saad Javeed, Christopher F Dibble, Jacob Blum, Peng Sun, Sheng-Kwei Song, and Wilson Z Ray.
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Neurosurgery. 2023 Jan 1; 92 (1): 102109102-109.
BackgroundDiffusion basis spectrum imaging (DBSI) is a noninvasive quantitative imaging modality that may improve understanding of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) pathology through detailed evaluations of spinal cord microstructural compartments.ObjectiveTo determine the utility of DBSI as a biomarker of CSM disease severity.MethodsA single-center prospective cohort study enrolled 50 patients with CSM and 20 controls from 2018 to 2020. All patients underwent clinical evaluation and diffusion-weighted MRI, followed by diffusion tensor imaging and DBSI analyses. Diffusion-weighted MRI metrics assessed white matter integrity by fractional anisotropy, axial diffusivity, radial diffusivity, and fiber fraction. In addition, DBSI further evaluates extra-axonal changes by isotropic restricted and nonrestricted fraction. Including an intra-axonal diffusion compartment, DBSI improves estimations of axonal injury through intra-axonal axial diffusivity. Patients were categorized into mild, moderate, and severe CSM using modified Japanese Orthopedic Association classifications. Imaging parameters were compared among patient groups using independent samples t tests and ANOVA.ResultsTwenty controls, 27 mild (modified Japanese Orthopedic Association 15-17), 12 moderate (12-14), and 11 severe (0-11) patients with CSM were enrolled. Diffusion tensor imaging and DBSI fractional anisotropy, axial diffusivity, and radial diffusivity were significantly different between control and patients with CSM ( P < .05). DBSI fiber fraction, restricted fraction, and nonrestricted fraction were significantly different between groups ( P < .01). DBSI intra-axonal axial diffusivity was lower in mild compared with moderate (mean difference [95% CI]: 1.1 [0.3-2.1], P < .01) and severe (1.9 [1.3-2.4], P < .001) CSM.ConclusionDBSI offers granular data on white matter tract integrity in CSM that provide novel insights into disease pathology, supporting its potential utility as a biomarker of CSM disease progression.Copyright © Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2022. All rights reserved.
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