Intra Voxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) MRI of the Human Spinal Cord: Preliminary Results & Potentiality

Virginie Callot¹, Guillaume Duhamel¹, Pauline Moulin¹, Patrick J. Cozzone¹

There is a lack of MR techniques able to provide human spinal cord (SC) haemodynamic information. Dedicated methods such as ASL or VASO techniques, which currently suffer from low sensitivity or CSF contamination in the absence of ECG-synchronization, need to be improved in order to provide reliable information. In this context, the IVIM (Intra Voxel Incoherent Motion) technique could be an alternative.