Abstract #2024
Exploration of Functional Organization in Human Cervical Spinal Cord Using Resting State fMRI
Xiaojia Liu 1,2 , Fuqing Zhou 3 , Xiang Li 3 , Jiaolong Cui 3 , Mengye Lyu 1,2 , Adrain Tsang 1,2 , Iris Y Zhou 1,2 , Ed X Wu 1,2 , and Yong Hu 3
1
Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Signal
Processing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, China,
2
Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University
of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China,
3
Department
of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Resting state functional organization in the human
cervical cord has only been scarcely explored. In this
study, we investigated the resting state functional
organization using a clinically relevant 3T whole body
MRI scanner from 24 healthy subjects. The correlation
coefficient computed from rsfMRI images between each
ventral or dorsal horn of different segments was used to
generate the correlation matrix. Segment C2 demonstrated
stronger correlations with other segments. Segment C2
has a stronger neural activity level than other
segments. Functional organization among segments was
detected, which demonstrated the functional network in
the human cervical cord.
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