High-resolution 7 Tesla MRI of C-spine - Comparison with 3 Tesla MRI

Balgrist University Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cervical Spine Disease; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: 7 Tesla MRI

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04441554

R448

Details and patient eligibility

About

High-resolution MRI (7 Tesla) of the cervical spine is capable to differentiate osseous spurs from discus-material and better depict the compressed nerve in the neuroforamen compared to 3T MRI.

Provide the surgeon with a detailed high-resolution anatomical image before surgery and potential no need for CT (if the bony anatomy is of crucial importance).

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Informed consent as documented by signature (Appendix Informed Consent Form)
• >18 years old
• Patients with cervical back pain (radiculopathy) and scheduled surgery for foraminal stenosis or central stenosis or cervical periradicular injection therapy (PRT)

Exclusion criteria

• previous surgery
• tumor patients
• pregnancy or breast feeding
• any MRI contra-indications