Guangzhou Chest Hospital 1 article published in JoVE Neuroscience Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chronic Spinal Cord Compression Weipeng Zheng*1, Xiuhang Ruan*2, Xinhua Wei3, Fangtian Xu4, Yuanping Huang1, Ning Wang1, Haoyi Chen5, YingJie Liang6, Wende Xiao6, Xin Jiang1, Shifeng Wen6 1Department of Orthopedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, 2Department of Radiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, 3Department of Radiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, 4Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, 5Department of Orthopedics, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, 6Department of Orthopedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Medical University Here, we present a protocol for the application of diffusion tensor imaging parameters to evaluate spinal cord compression.