Figure 7.

rFOV DWI in SCI with filter-probe SDE. Compared to the non-diffusion weighted images (A), the perpendicular diffusion-weighted images (B) were free from extraneous tissue signals, although some slight EPI ghosting was evident. The filtered ADC_|| maps (C) reflected primarily the intra-axonal diffusivity. In an acute severe SCI (right), the ADC_|| maps clearly demonstrated a reduction in the central region at the epicenter and in the dorsal columns rostral to the lesion. Magnification of filtered ADC_|| maps are shown in (D).