… disease progression, using a variety of imaging techniques. In summary, ALS is a clinically
and … At present the parts of the motor system that we can most easily assess using imaging …

… In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), functional imaging has contributed substantially to
our … In summary, these data suggest an additional recruitment in brains of patients with ALS …

… Current imaging techniques used in a clinical setting include magnetic resonance imaging
(… images, with high tissue penetration, without using ionizing radiation, yet suffers from poor …

… The grey matter maps of the ALS patients were statistically compared to the grey matter
images of the controls in a parametric group analysis at group level to detect whether each voxel …

… groups was determined by means of one-way analysis of variance with the Scheffe multiple
range test and the F statistic. (One-way analysis of variance is a more stringent method than …

… Analysis of the locus SPG4 identified a heterozygous duplication mutation (c.… Fluid-attenuated
inversion recovery images excluded significant periventricular and parietal …

… studied by means of various imaging methods, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), …
Summary and outlook In summary, the PSTH method has proven to be a powerful tool to …

… FLAIR sequences improve the detection of grey and white matter hyperintensities and will
almost certainly improve the sensitivity of visual analysis of MRI in sCJD (Fig. 19.3 (22)). DWI …

… After a preliminary power analysis, differences in diffusion-tensor imaging parameters
between the patients with PMA and the patients with ALS with respect to these parameters in the …

… Carmela Tartaglia assisted in segmentation analysis of the cerebral images and revising the
manuscript. Xiaogang Chen programmed the software used for analysis of data in this paper…