Biplanar MRI for the assessment of the spinal cord in multiple sclerosis

Objective: To investigate the entire spinal cord (SC) of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with biplanar MRI and to relate these MRI findings to clinical functional scores. Methods: Two hundred and two patients (140 women, 62 men 24–74 years, Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores 0–7.5) were investigated clinically and with biplanar MRI. Sagittal and axial proton density weighted (PDw) and T2 weighted (T2w) images of the whole SC were...