Research Article: Detection of Spinal Cord Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Using a 3D-PSIR Sequence at 1.5?T
Introduction:
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a prevalent autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) [1]. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a crucial role in diagnosing MS and in disease and treatment monitoring [2]. Besides cerebral inflammation, MS causes demyelination in the spinal cord [3]. Imaging of the spinal cord of suspected MS patients is often essential to confirm the diagnosis of MS. The spinal cord is included in the dissemination of space in the McDonald diagnosis criteria for MS [4].…
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