Abstract #4100

Mapping of ex-vivo human cervical spinal cord using magnetic resonance micro-imaging

Abdullah Asiri^1,2, Charles Watson³, Shalini Nair⁴, Gary Cowin¹, Marc Ruitenberg⁵, and Nyoman Kurniawan¹

¹Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, ²Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia, ³Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, ⁴National University Hospital Systems, Kent Ridge, Singapore, ⁵School of Biomedical sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Imaging the spinal cord is normally performed at lower magnetic field with limited resolution. In this study, 13 ex-vivo cervical spinal cords have been scanned at 9.4T to provide high-resolution images. A variation of the position of the rostral brachial motorneurons among the cords was used to classify the samples into normal and pre-fixed types. For each segment, the length and GM/WM total areas were measured. A high resolution MRI template of the normal type samples was created to assist registration and delineation of spinal cord structures and improve the accuracy of diagnostic radiology.

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