Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) can help clinicians to diagnose thoracic conditions that may be miss on first ...

Cervical myelopathy results from compression of the spinal cord in the neck (cervical area of the spine). Symptoms of cervical myelopathy may include problems with fine motor skills, pain or stiffness ...

Objective: To observe the effects of scoliosis-specific exercise therapy combined with braces and orthopedic insoles on improved spinal deformity and walking ability in adolescents with idiopathic ...

From top to bottom, these are: The cervical spine (the neck) – the first seven vertebrae located just below the skull The thoracic spine – the 12 vertebrae of the upper back The lumbar spine – the ...

X-rays of the spine show bony anatomy and alignment of the spine, while MRI shows the anatomy of the spinal canal. An MRI can be obtained without radiation or an invasive procedure. However, because ...

Abstract: With the development of medical artificial intelligence, automatic magnetic resonance image (MRI) segmentation method is quite desirable. Inspired by the power of deep neural networks, a ...

On T2-weighted MRI, a longitudinally extensive hyperintense lesion is typically seen, primarily involving the cervical and thoracic spine ... atrophy (Figure 10). In view of the aspects described ...

We sought to demonstrate the contribution of axonal remodeling of the corticospinal tract (CST) in the spinal cord to functional outcome after stroke. Bilateral pyramidotomy (BPT) or sham-BPT was ...

Background Susceptibility vessel sign (SVS) can be a useful MRI biomarker of an occlusion but its relationship with clinical outcomes of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is yet to be fully elucidated.

Inclusion criteria included: (1) A definitive diagnosis of sacral terminal filar cyst based on spinal MRI; (2) symptomatic sacral cyst manifesting as pain, lower-extremity weakness, and/or sphincter ...

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Sensor Technology and Biomedical Instrument, School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China State Key Laboratory of ...

Serial spine MRI scans of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine in the sagittal plane were acquired with the patient in the supine position using 1.5 Tesla scanners and phase array spine or ...