MRI-based evaluation system accurately quantifies paraspinal muscle atrophy and nerve root injury severity

A noninvasive MRI technique that measures volumetric changes in paraspinal muscles could transform how doctors assess nerve ...

Illinois boy named Kid Captain for Hawkeyes vs. Minnesota game

Luke Johnston, an 8-year-old from Dunlap, Illinois, will be honored as Kid Captain during the Iowa Hawkeyes' game against Minnesota, celebrating his recovery from a rare spinal condition.
Medscape

Advanced Labor C-Sections Carry Eightfold Risk for Cervical Scarring

Poor healing entails painful complications and impaired fertility, so women need counseling on the risks for future pregnancies.
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter

Innate mechanisms of spinal cord regeneration: something fishy about our spines?

On Sept. 18, Valentina Cigliola, an assistant professor from Vanderbilt University’s Department of Pharmacology, presented ...
IEEE

Inv-AlxVGGNets: Cervical Spine Disease Classification Using Concatenated Involutional Neural Networks With Residual Net

Abstract: Cervical spine diseases, encompassing conditions like spondylolisthesis, disc degeneration, and cervical spinal stenosis, stand as significant contributors to global disability. Precise ...
IEEE

FractalSpiNet: Fractal-Based U-Net for Automatic Segmentation of Cervical Spinal Cord and MS Lesions in MRI

Abstract: The spinal cord is an important part of the central nervous system, responsible for transmitting nerve signals throughout the body. The cervical spinal cord contains eight nerve bundles ...