Detection of motor cortex thinning and corticospinal tract involvement by quantitative MRI in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

L Roccatagliata, L Bonzano, G Mancardi… - Amyotrophic Lateral …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
We prospectively investigated pathological modifications in the corticospinal tract (CST), by
diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in 14 patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

Quantitative evaluation of the pyramidal tract segmented by diffusion tensor tractography: feasibility study in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

S Aoki, NK Iwata, Y Masutani, M Yoshida, O Abe… - Radiation …, 2005 - europepmc.org
Purpose Diffusion tensor imaging can evaluate the cerebral white matter quantitatively using
fractional anisotropy (FA) and also can extract a certain tract by tractography, but these two …

Structural brain network imaging shows expanding disconnection of the motor system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E Verstraete, JH Veldink, LH van den Berg… - Human brain …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe neurodegenerative disease, which primarily
targets the motor system. The structural integrity of the motor network and the way it is …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion tensor imaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: machine learning for biomarker development

A Behler, HP Müller, AC Ludolph… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) allows the in vivo imaging of pathological white matter
alterations, either with unbiased voxel-wise or hypothesis-guided tract-based analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal evaluation of cerebral and spinal cord damage in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

M de Albuquerque, LMT Branco, TJR Rezende… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate MRI-based parameters as biomarkers of Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis (ALS) progression. Methods Twenty-seven patients and 27 controls performed two …

A meta-analysis of diffusion tensor imaging studies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

JP Li, PL Pan, W Song, R Huang, K Chen… - Neurobiology of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Studies involving diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with
whole-brain voxel-based analysis yielded variable findings. A systematic review was …

White matter pathology in ALS and lower motor neuron ALS variants: a diffusion tensor imaging study using tract-based spatial statistics

J Prudlo, C Bißbort, A Glass, A Grossmann… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
The aim of this work was to investigate white-matter microstructural changes within and
outside the corticospinal tract in classical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and in lower …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion kurtosis and quantitative susceptibility mapping MRI are sensitive to structural abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

T Welton, JJ Maller, RM Lebel, ET Tan, DB Rowe… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To construct a clinical diagnostic biomarker using state-of-the-art microstructural
MRI in the motor cortex of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods Clinical …

Diffusion tensor MRI of the corpus callosum in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MC Chapman, L Jelsone‐Swain… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To determine if decline in corpus callosum (CC) white matter integrity in patients
with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is localized to motor‐related areas. Materials and …

The segmental diffusivity profile of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated white matter degeneration

C Schuster, M Elamin, O Hardiman… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Magnetic resonance diffusivity indices have been repeatedly
proposed as biomarkers of neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but no …