2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Functional magnetic resonance imaging at spinal cord

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19591722
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Orthopaedic surgery
Research Institution	Kochi University
Principal Investigator	TANI Toshikazu Kochi University, 教育研究部医療学系, 教授 (90136250)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	IKEMOTO Tatsunori 高知大学, 医学部附属病院, 医員 (40448387) USHIDA Takahiro 愛知医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (60304680) FUNAKI Tsuyoshi 京都大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (20263220) TANIGUCHI Shinichirou 高知大学, 教育研究部医療学系, 講師 (00304676) IKEUCHI Masahiko 高知大学, 教育研究部医療学系, 講師 (00372730) UENO Takefumi 九州大学, 医学研究院, 特別教員 (00441668)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	脊髄機能画像 / 脊髄fMRI / EPI-BOLD法
Research Abstract	Utilization of fMRI technologies to the spinal cord have not been established due to underlying various technical and methodological problems. In present study, we tried to introduce the conventional fMRI technique (Gradient-echo echo planner imaging) into cervical spinal cord imaging by modifications of parameter and a bit of contrivance during image capture processing. Although it is not sufficient to utilize it for standard imaging studies, latest result successfully detect the certain cervical cord activations after functional painful task of hand.

(3 results)