A systematic review of repeatability and reproducibility studies of diffusion tensor imaging of cervical spinal cord.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) techniques are being studied as a possible diagnostic and predictive tool for the evaluation of cervical spinal cord disease. This systematic review aims to evaluate the previous DTI studies that specifically investigated the repeatability and reproducibility of DTI in the cervical spinal cord.

Methods and materials

A search in the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Ovid electronic databases was conducted for articles published between January 1990 and February 2022 that related to the repeatability and reproducibility of DTI in evaluating the cervical spinal cord using one of the following measurements: the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and/or the coefficient of variation (CV), and/or Bland-Altman (BA) differences analysi

SUBMITTER: Al-Shaari H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10607424 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature