Non-invasive evaluation of cerebral microvasculature using pre-clinical MRI: principles, advantages and limitations

B Callewaert, EAV Jones, U Himmelreich, W Gsell - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alterations to the cerebral microcirculation have been recognized to play a crucial role in the
development of neurodegenerative disorders. However, the exact role of the microvascular …

qMRI-BIDS: An extension to the brain imaging data structure for quantitative magnetic resonance imaging data

A Karakuzu, S Appelhoff, T Auer, M Boudreau… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) established community consensus on the
organization of data and metadata for several neuroimaging modalities. Traditionally, BIDS …

ROCKETSHIP: a flexible and modular software tool for the planning, processing and analysis of dynamic MRI studies

SR Barnes, TSC Ng, N Santa-Maria, A Montagne… - BMC medical …, 2015 - Springer
Background Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) is a
promising technique to characterize pathology and evaluate treatment response. However …

[HTML][HTML] Glucose fluxes in glycolytic and oxidative pathways detected in vivo by deuterium magnetic resonance spectroscopy reflect proliferation in mouse …

RV Simões, RN Henriques, BM Cardoso… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive glial brain tumors, can
metabolize glucose through glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidation pathways. While specific …

Therapeutic effect of α 7 nicotinic receptor activation after ischemic stroke in rats

L Aguado, A Joya, M Garbizu… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Nicotinic acetylcholine α7 receptors (α7 nAChRs) have a well-known modulator effect in
neuroinflammation. Yet, the therapeutical effect of α7 nAChRs activation after stroke has …

MITK-ModelFit: A generic open-source framework for model fits and their exploration in medical imaging–design, implementation and application on the example of …

C Debus, R Floca, M Ingrisch, I Kompan… - BMC …, 2019 - Springer
Background Many medical imaging techniques utilize fitting approaches for quantitative
parameter estimation and analysis. Common examples are pharmacokinetic modeling in …

PET imaging of TSPO in a rat model of local neuroinflammation induced by intracerebral injection of lipopolysaccharide

D Ory, A Planas, T Dresselaers, W Gsell… - Nuclear medicine and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective The goal of this study was to measure functional and structural aspects of local
neuroinflammation induced by intracerebral injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in rats …

An open source software for analysis of dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance images: UMMPerfusion revisited

FG Zöllner, M Daab, SP Sourbron, LR Schad… - BMC medical …, 2016 - Springer
Background Perfusion imaging has become an important image based tool to derive the
physiological information in various applications, like tumor diagnostics and therapy …

Localized blood–brain barrier opening in ovine model using image-guided transcranial focused ultrasound

K Yoon, W Lee, E Chen, JE Lee, P Croce… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2019 - Elsevier
Transcranial application of focused ultrasound (FUS) combined with vascular introduction of
microbubble contrast agents (MBs) has emerged as a non-invasive technique that can …

Madym: A C++ toolkit for quantitative DCE-MRI analysis

M Berks, G Parker, R Little… - Journal of Open Source …, 2021 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
In dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) a sequence of MRI
images are acquired to measure the passage of a contrast-agent within a tissue of interest …