Combining structural and metabolic markers in a quantitative MRI study of motor neuron diseases

A Canna, F Trojsi, F Di Nardo… - Annals of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the performance of a combination of three quantitative MRI markers
(iron deposition, basal neuronal metabolism, and regional atrophy) for differential diagnosis …

Structural and metabolic changes in the brain of patients with upper motor neuron disorders: a multiparametric MRI study

A Charil, M Corbo, M Filippi, C Kesavadas… - Amyotrophic Lateral …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Our objective was to assess and compare the diagnostic sensitivity of conventional MRI
(cMRI), magnetization transfer imaging (MTI), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and proton …

Iron quantitative analysis of motor combined with bulbar region in M1 cortex may improve diagnosis performance in ALS

Y Bao, Y Chen, S Piao, B Hu, L Yang, H Li, D Geng… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives To explore whether the combined analysis of motor and bulbar region of M1 on
susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) can be a valid biomarker for amyotrophic lateral …

Quantitative susceptibility MRI to detect brain iron in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J Acosta-Cabronero, J Machts, S Schreiber, S Abdulla… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate the whole-brain landscape of iron-related abnormalities in
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by using the in vivo MRI technique of quantitative …

[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 …

Multimodal MRI as a diagnostic biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

BR Foerster, RC Carlos, BA Dwamena… - Annals of clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Reliable biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are needed, given the
clinical heterogeneity of the disease. Here, we provide proof‐of‐concept for using …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and diffusion imaging versus clinical assessment to monitor amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A Cardenas-Blanco, J Machts, J Acosta-Cabronero… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2016 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects upper
and lower motor neurons. Observational and intervention studies can be tracked using …

Iron accumulation in deep cortical layers accounts for MRI signal abnormalities in ALS: correlating 7 tesla MRI and pathology

JY Kwan, SY Jeong, P Van Gelderen, HX Deng… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by cortical and spinal motor neuron dysfunction. Routine magnetic resonance …

Neuroimaging of motor neuron diseases

J Kassubek, AC Ludolph… - Therapeutic advances in …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
It is agreed that conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and spine is
one of the core elements in the differential diagnostic work up of patients with clinical signs …

[HTML][HTML] Serial assessment of iron in the motor cortex in limb-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using quantitative susceptibility mapping

A Bhattarai, Z Chen, PGD Ward, P Talman… - … imaging in medicine …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Dysregulation of iron in the cerebral motor areas has been hypothesized to
occur in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). There is still limited knowledge …