Diffusion Tensor Imaging Parameter Obtained during Acute Blunt Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Predicting Long-Term Outcome

= 0.93). The AD is a more specific parameter for axonal injury than radial diffusivity; this may indicate that axonal injury in the cord is the main factor affecting patient recovery. Our study demonstrates DTI measurement at the CSCI is a potential neuroimaging biomarker in predicting long-term neurological and functional outcome in blunt CSCI.