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The Role of Neuroimaging in Regeneration and Recovery of the Spinal Cord

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Surgery of the Spinal Cord

Part of the book series: Contemporary Perspectives in Neurosurgery ((COPENEU))

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Abstract

Neuroimaging plays a crucial role in establishing a perspective on the potential for spinal cord recovery and/or regeneration in various clinical settings. Within the field of neuroimaging, it is essential to select the proper modality for the information needed, realizing that conventional (“plain film”) radiography is still the state of the art in addressing certain clinical problems, and, at the opposite extreme of the technological spectrum, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, MR contrast agents, MR angiography, MR spectroscopy and positron emission tomography (PET) scanning have their unique applications as well. In addressing the questions related to spinal cord recovery and/or regeneration, neuroimaging actually plays several different roles: (a) diagnostic initially, (b) therapeutic occasionally, with interventional procedures, and (c) prognostic, through radiographic monitoring of the clinical course.

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  1. Jacqueline A. Bello
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  1. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Robert N. N. Holtzman MD (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon) (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon)

  2. Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Robert N. N. Holtzman MD (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon) (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon)

  3. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Bennett M. Stein MD (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery) (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery)

  4. The New York Neurological Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Bennett M. Stein MD (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery) (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery)

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Bello, J.A. (1992). The Role of Neuroimaging in Regeneration and Recovery of the Spinal Cord. In: Holtzman, R.N.N., Stein, B.M. (eds) Surgery of the Spinal Cord. Contemporary Perspectives in Neurosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2798-4_6

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