Presented as a poster with abstract at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the ACVR, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 11–15, 2011.
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Retrospective Study
AGREEMENT BETWEEN T2 AND HASTE SEQUENCES IN THE EVALUATION OF THORACOLUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISEASE IN DOGS
Article first published online: 15 DEC 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2011.01894.x
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Mankin, J. M., Hecht, S. and Thomas, W. B. (2012), AGREEMENT BETWEEN T2 AND HASTE SEQUENCES IN THE EVALUATION OF THORACOLUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISEASE IN DOGS. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound, 53: 162–166. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2011.01894.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 19 MAR 2012
- Article first published online: 15 DEC 2011
- Manuscript Accepted: 4 OCT 2011
- Manuscript Received: 27 APR 2011
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Keywords:
- dog;
- HASTE;
- intervertebral disc disease;
- MRI;
- spinal cord compression
The purpose of this study was to compare half-Fourier-acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo (HASTE) and T2-weighted (T2-W) sequences in dogs with thoracolumbar disc extrusion. MRI studies in 60 dogs (767 individual intervertebral disc spaces) were evaluated. Agreement between T2-W and HASTE sequences was assessed for two criteria: presence of an extradural lesion and treatment recommendation. There was moderate agreement between T2-W and HASTE sequences as to presence of an extradural lesion (κ = 0.575). HASTE was in agreement in 96.1% of the sites where no extradural lesion was identified on T2-W images, but only in 58.1% of the sites where extradural lesions were identified on T2-W images. There was also moderate agreement between T2-W and HASTE sequences as to treatment recommendations (κ = 0.476). HASTE was in agreement in 98.4% of the sites where a lesion was considered nonsurgical on T2 but only 82.1% of sites a lesion was considered surgical on T2. In 1.0% of sites considered not surgical and in 9.8% of sites considered equivocal based on T2-W images, a surgical lesion was identified on HASTE. Acquisition of a HASTE sequence in addition to conventional sequences may be beneficial in determining the severity of spinal cord compression in some cases when evaluating the canine spine.