Open AccessDiffusion tensor imaging observation in Pott’s spine with or without neurological deficit
Author(s) -
Sohail Abbas,
Anil K. Jain,
Namita Singh Saini,
Sudhir Kumar,
Mukunth Rajagopalan,
Jitendra Kumar,
Pawan Kumar,
Prabhjot Kaur
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.156195
Subject(s) - medicine , diffusion mri , neurological deficit , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , surgery
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is based upon the phenomenon of water diffusion known as "Brownian motion." DTI can detect changes in compressed spinal cord earlier than magnetic resonance imaging and is more sensitive to subtle pathological changes of the spinal cord. DTI observation in compressed and noncompressed spinal cord in tuberculosis (TB) spine is not described. This study presents observations in Pott's spine patients with or without neural deficit.