Building a library of acute traumatic spinal cord injury images across Canada: a retrospective cohort study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

MRI is increasingly recognised as a valuable tool for assessing prognosis and predicting outcomes following traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Several potential MRI biomarkers have been identified, but efforts are still needed to improve the accuracy and feasibility of these biomarkers in clinical practice. This study aims to build a national Canadian SCI imaging repository for storing and analysing imaging data for SCI, with the goal of improving SCI MRI biomarkers to predict outcomes and inform clinical management.

Method and analysis

As a substudy of the Rick Hansen SCI Registry (RHSCIR), this retrospective multisite study includes individuals who sustained a traumatic cervical SCI between 2015 and 2021, were previously enrolled in RHSCIR, and had MRI scans

SUBMITTER: Rotem-Kohavi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12750750 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature