Generic acquisition protocol for quantitative MRI of the spinal cord

J Cohen-Adad, E Alonso-Ortiz, M Abramovic… - Nature protocols, 2021 - nature.com
Quantitative spinal cord (SC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) presents many challenges,
including a lack of standardized imaging protocols. Here we present a prospectively …

Automated segmentation of tissues using CT and MRI: a systematic review

L Lenchik, L Heacock, AA Weaver, RD Boutin… - Academic radiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives The automated segmentation of organs and tissues throughout the
body using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging has been rapidly …

PAM50: Unbiased multimodal template of the brainstem and spinal cord aligned with the ICBM152 space

B De Leener, VS Fonov, DL Collins, V Callot, N Stikov… - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Template-based analysis of multi-parametric MRI data of the spinal cord sets the foundation
for standardization and reproducibility, thereby helping the discovery of new biomarkers of …

Spinal cord gray matter segmentation using deep dilated convolutions

CS Perone, E Calabrese, J Cohen-Adad - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Gray matter (GM) tissue changes have been associated with a wide range of neurological
disorders and were recently found relevant as a biomarker for disability in amyotrophic …

[HTML][HTML] Spinal cord grey matter segmentation challenge

F Prados, J Ashburner, C Blaiotta, T Brosch… - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
An important image processing step in spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging is the ability
to reliably and accurately segment grey and white matter for tissue specific analysis. There …

Resting-state brain and spinal cord networks in humans are functionally integrated

S Vahdat, A Khatibi, O Lungu, J Finsterbusch… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In the absence of any task, both the brain and spinal cord exhibit spontaneous intrinsic
activity organised in a set of functionally relevant neural networks. However, whether such …

Boundary-aware registration network for 4d-ct lung image with sliding motion

L Duan, Y Cao, Z Wang, D Liu, T Fu, G Yuan… - … Signal Processing and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objective Fast and accurate registration of 4D-CT lung images is
significant for respiratory motion modeling and radiotherapy planning. However, since the …

Spinal cord imaging markers and recovery of volitional leg movement with spinal cord epidural stimulation in individuals with clinically motor complete spinal cord …

E Rejc, AC Smith, KA Weber, B Ugiliweneza… - Frontiers in systems …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Previous studies have shown that epidural stimulation of the lumbosacral spinal cord (scES)
can re-enable lower limb volitional motor control in individuals with chronic, clinically motor …

Microstructural imaging in the spinal cord and validation strategies

J Cohen-Adad - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
In vivo histology using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a newly emerging research
field that aims to non-invasively characterize tissue microstructure. The implications of in …

7 T imaging reveals a gradient in spinal cord lesion distribution in multiple sclerosis

R Ouellette, CA Treaba, T Granberg, E Herranz… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We used 7 T MRI to:(i) characterize the grey and white matter pathology in the cervical
spinal cord of patients with early relapsing-remitting and secondary progressive multiple …