Quantitative diffusion tensor imaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

CA Sage, RR Peeters, A Görner, W Robberecht… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Aim of present study was to evaluate changes in diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)
parameters in the whole brain of 28 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …

The topography of brain microstructural damage in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis assessed using diffusion tensor MR imaging

E Canu, F Agosta, N Riva, S Sala… - American journal …, 2011 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: ALS leads to macrostructural (ie, cortical atrophy and
hyperintensities along the corticospinal tract) and microstructural (ie, gray matter intrinsic …

A longitudinal study of diffusion tensor MRI in ALS

CRV Blain, VC Williams, C Johnston… - Amyotrophic Lateral …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we investigated whether diffusion tensor MRI (DTI) could detect progressive
corticospinal tract degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and whether changes …

The corticospinal tract profile in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A Sarica, A Cerasa, P Valentino, J Yeatman… - Human brain …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This work evaluates the potential in diagnostic application of a new advanced neuroimaging
method, which delineates the profile of tissue properties along the corticospinal tract (CST) …

Usefulness of diffusion tensor imaging findings as biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

SH Baek, J Park, YH Kim, HY Seok, KW Oh, HJ Kim… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease. However, no reliable
biomarkers have been identified to represent the clinical status. This study aimed to …

Progression of white matter degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a diffusion tensor imaging study

Y Zhang, N Schuff, SC Woolley… - Amyotrophic Lateral …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Whether longitudinal diffusion tensor MRI imaging (DTI) can capture disease progression in
patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is unclear. The primary goal of this study …

Diffusion tensor imaging analysis of sequential spreading of disease in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis confirms patterns of TDP-43 pathology

J Kassubek, HP Müller, K Del Tredici, J Brettschneider… - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Diffusion tensor imaging can identify amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-associated patterns of
brain alterations at the group level. Recently, a neuropathological staging system for …

Ex post facto assessment of diffusion tensor imaging metrics from different MRI protocols: preparing for multicentre studies in ALS

J Rosskopf, HP Mueller, J Dreyhaupt… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) for assessing ALS-associated white matter alterations has still
not reached the level of a neuroimaging biomarker. Since large-scale multicentre DTI …

Fractional anisotropy in the posterior limb of the internal capsule and prognosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

RAL Menke, I Abraham, CS Thiel, N Filippini… - Archives of …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To explore the value of diffusion tensor imaging applied to those specific cerebral
white matter tracts consistently involved pathologically in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as a …

Diffusion tensor imaging reveals regional differences in the cervical spinal cord in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

G Nair, JD Carew, S Usher, D Lu, XP Hu, M Benatar - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
Therapeutic development in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is hampered by the lack of
suitable biomarkers that might be sensitive to spatial and temporal patterns of …