Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging towards clinical application in multiple sclerosis

C Granziera, J Wuerfel, F Barkhof, M Calabrese… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Quantitative MRI provides biophysical measures of the microstructural integrity of the CNS,
which can be compared across CNS regions, patients, and centres. In patients with multiple …

Probing myelin content of the human brain with MRI: A review

GF Piredda, T Hilbert, JP Thiran… - Magnetic resonance in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid and efficient transmission of electric signals among neurons of vertebrates is ensured
by myelin‐insulating sheaths surrounding axons. Human cognition, sensation, and motor …

An atlas for human brain myelin content throughout the adult life span

AV Dvorak, T Swift-LaPointe, IM Vavasour, LE Lee… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Myelin water imaging is a quantitative neuroimaging technique that provides the myelin
water fraction (MWF), a metric highly specific to myelin content, and the intra-/extra-cellular …

The CALIPR framework for highly accelerated myelin water imaging with improved precision and sensitivity

AV Dvorak, D Kumar, J Zhang, G Gilbert, S Balaji… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are powerful tools for the study
of human tissue, but, in practice, their utility has been limited by lengthy acquisition times …

[HTML][HTML] Myelin water imaging data analysis in less than one minute

H Liu, QS Xiang, R Tam, AV Dvorak, AL MacKay… - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Based on a deep learning neural network (NN) algorithm, a super fast and easy to
implement data analysis method was proposed for myelin water imaging (MWI) to calculate …

Does siponimod exert direct effects in the central nervous system?

M Kipp - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The modulation of the sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor is an approved treatment for
relapsing multiple sclerosis because of its anti-inflammatory effect of retaining lymphocytes …

Multi‐spin echo T2 relaxation imaging with compressed sensing (METRICS) for rapid myelin water imaging

AV Dvorak, V Wiggermann, G Gilbert… - Magnetic resonance …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Myelin water imaging (MWI) provides a valuable biomarker for myelin, but clinical
application has been restricted by long acquisition times. Accelerating the standard multi …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced spinal cord MRI in multiple sclerosis: Current techniques and future directions

AJE Combes, MA Clarke, KP O'Grady, KG Schilling… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a central role in multiple sclerosis (MS)
clinical practice for diagnosis and disease monitoring. Advanced MRI sequences capable of …

Harnessing myelin water fraction as an imaging biomarker of human cerebral aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and risk factors influencing myelination: A review

ME Faulkner, Z Gong, A Guo, JP Laporte… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Myelin water fraction (MWF) imaging has emerged as a promising magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) biomarker for investigating brain function and composition. This …

Sensitivity of the inhomogeneous magnetization transfer imaging technique to spinal cord damage in multiple sclerosis

H Rasoanandrianina, S Demortière… - American Journal …, 2020 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The inhomogeneous magnetization transfer technique
has demonstrated high specificity for myelin, and has shown sensitivity to multiple sclerosis …