The value of magnetic resonance imaging as a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review

G Grolez, C Moreau, V Danel-Brunaud, C Delmaire… - BMC neurology, 2016 - Springer
Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, rapidly progressive
neurodegenerative disease that mainly affects the motor system. A number of potentially …

The Canadian ALS Neuroimaging Consortium (CALSNIC)-a multicentre platform for standardized imaging and clinical studies in ALS

S Kalra, M Khan, L Barlow, C Beaulieu, M Benatar… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disabling and rapidly progressive
neurodegenerative disorder. Increasing age is an important risk factor for developing ALS …

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 …

Mind the gap: the mismatch between clinical and imaging metrics in ALS

E Verstraete, MR Turner, J Grosskreutz… - … lateral sclerosis and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques hold the promise to capture upper
motor neuron loss and extramotor brain changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and …

The present and the future of neuroimaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

F Agosta, A Chiò, M Cosottini… - American journal …, 2010 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
In patients with ALS, conventional MR imaging is frequently noninformative, and its use has
been restricted to excluding other conditions that can mimic ALS. Conversely, the extensive …

Advanced neuroimaging approaches in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: refining the clinical diagnosis

J Kassubek, HP Müller - Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: In the last decade, multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has
achieved tremendous advances in applications to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to …

Advances in the application of MRI to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MR Turner, M Modo - Expert opinion on medical diagnostics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance of the field: With the emergence of therapeutic candidates for the incurable and
rapidly progressive neurodegenerative condition of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging as a new diagnostic modality in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E Verstraete, BR Foerster - Neurotherapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by progressive degeneration of upper
and lower motor neurons, with variable involvement of extramotor brain regions. Currently …

[HTML][HTML] Is magnetic resonance imaging a plausible biomarker for upper motor neuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/primary lateral sclerosis or merely …

AJ Rocha, ACM Maia Júnior - Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects motor
neurons in the cerebral cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord, brain regions in which …

25 years of neuroimaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

BR Foerster, RC Welsh, EL Feldman - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2013 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal motor neuron disease for which a precise
cause has not yet been identified. Standard CT or MRI evaluation does not demonstrate …