Normal structures including spinal cord, right lung, left lung, oesophagus and heart should be contoured on each CT slice of the planning CT.
After testing the respiratory function, mice were deeply anesthetized and the brainstem, cervical spinal cord, right and left phrenic nerves and diaphragm muscles carefully removed from each animal as previously described (Panaite et al., 2008; Panaite et al., 2011).
The following tracts, from the JHU White-Matter Tratlasravailables avainable in FSL, were used: the cingulum bundle, the anterior thalamic radiation, the superior longitudinal fasciculus, and the cortico-spinal tract (right hemisphere).
A 32-year-old male presented to us with 6-month symptoms of unilateral spinal claudication (L3 right) together with lumbar pain and intermittent tenderness of the right sacroiliac joint with insidious onset and slow progression.
Similarly, the reported CCCs associated with left and right spinal temperature measurements were adjusted for repeat readings (trial 1 and trial 2) and spinal location differences.
Symbols mark significant difference (P < 0.05) between respective pair of absolute values (*: left side and spinal processes, †: right side and spinal processes) and normalized values (*: left side and spinal processes, †: right side and spinal processes).
Open image in new window Fig. 12 a Axial PET/CT image reveals compensatory FDG uptake of the left sternocleidomastoid muscle (white asterisk) and of the ipsilateral trapezius muscle (black asterisk) due to right spinal accessory nerve (XI) paralysis caused by a base skull adenocarcinoma.
Other outlined structures included spinal cord, heart, right lung, left lung, and the virtual block.
His will power was obviously much stronger than his physique; he soon developed a spinal curvature and right arm paresis after working for the same hours as other adult ironsmiths.
Dose-volume histograms (DVHs) were generated for the GTV, CTV, spinal cord, liver, and right and left kidneys.
