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Table 3 Review of studies that include volumetric quantification of anatomic regions within the spine using MR imaging

From: A 3D subject-specific model of the spinal subarachnoid space with anatomically realistic ventral and dorsal spinal cord nerve rootlets

Source

Region

SC (cm3)

NR (cm3)

SSS (cm3)

N

Mean age

Segmentation method

Subject type

Current study (Sass et al. (2017))

Full spine

19.9

5.8

97.3

1

23

Manual

Healthy

Hogan et al. [38]

Full spine

–

–

107a

2

35

Manual

Healthy

Edsbagge et al. [39]

Full spine

20

–

81 ± 13

22

70

Semi-automated

Healthy elderly

Bagci et al. [43]

Full spine

–

–

86

1

–

Automated

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Hsu et al. [40]

Full spine

–

–

122

1

29

Manual

Healthy

Lebret et al. [44]

Full spine

–

–

99 ± 27

6

70.2

Automated

Non-communicating hydrocephalus

Lebret et al. [44]

Full spine

  

80 ± 28

12

54.5b

Automated

Healthy

Lebret et al. [44]

Full spine

–

–

65 ± 18

20

43.8b

Automated

Communicating hydrocephalus

Alperin et al. [41]

Full spine

21.0

–

78 ± 8

8

29

Automated

Obese women only

Levi Chazen et al. [42]

Full spine

–

–

84 ± 15

15

39

Automated

Healthy

Current study (Sass et al. (2017))

Lumbosacral

3.8

4.0

51.0

1

23

Manual

 

Hogan et al. [38]

Lumbosacral

–

7.31

49.9

25

35

Manual

 

Carpenter et al. [47]

Lumbosacral

–

–

53.7a

41

33

Manual

 

Higuchi et al. [48]

Lumbosacral

–

–

41.7a

41

30

Manual

 

Sullivan et al. [45]

Lumbosacral

–

–

35.8

71

48

Automated

 

Edsbagge et al. [39]

Lumbosacral

–

13

25

22

70

Semi-automated

 

Martyr et al. [46]

Lumbosacral

–

9.2

31.8

16

72

Automated

 

Puigdellivol et al. [49] , [87]

Lumbosacral

–

–

34.4

7

37

Semi-automated

 

Prats Galino et al. [50]

Lumbosacral

–

10.4

34.3

7

38

Semi-automated

 

Hsu et al. [40]

Lumbosacral

–

–

53.0

1

29

Manual

 
  1. aIndicates studies where NR volume was included in the calculation
  2. bValue obtained from personal correspondence with author