The UK Biobank imaging enhancement of 100,000 participants: rationale, data collection, management and future directions

TJ Littlejohns, J Holliday, LM Gibson, S Garratt… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
UK Biobank is a population-based cohort of half a million participants aged 40–69 years
recruited between 2006 and 2010. In 2014, UK Biobank started the world's largest multi …

Susceptibility-weighted imaging: technical essentials and clinical neurologic applications

S Haller, EM Haacke, MM Thurnher, F Barkhof - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) evolved from simple two-dimensional T2*-weighted
sequences to three-dimensional sequences with improved spatial resolution and enhanced …

Mechanisms and clinical implications of intervertebral disc calcification

U Zehra, M Tryfonidou, JC Iatridis… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Intervertebral disc (IVD)
degeneration is often associated with low back pain but is sometimes asymptomatic. IVD …

Biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease: role in early and differential diagnosis and recognition of atypical variants

B Dubois, CAF von Arnim, N Burnie, S Bozeat… - Alzheimer's Research & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Development of in vivo biomarkers has shifted the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) from the later dementia stages of disease towards the earlier stages and has …

Iron, myelin, and the brain: neuroimaging meets neurobiology

HE Möller, L Bossoni, JR Connor, RR Crichton… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Although iron is crucial for neuronal functioning, many aspects of cerebral iron biology await
clarification. The ability to quantify specific iron forms in the living brain would open new …

Detection, diagnosis and treatment of acute ischemic stroke: current and future perspectives

S Patil, R Rossi, D Jabrah, K Doyle - Frontiers in medical technology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Early diagnosis and treatment of
stroke are important for better clinical outcome. Rapid and accurate diagnosis of stroke …

Probing myelin content of the human brain with MRI: A review

GF Piredda, T Hilbert, JP Thiran… - Magnetic resonance in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid and efficient transmission of electric signals among neurons of vertebrates is ensured
by myelin‐insulating sheaths surrounding axons. Human cognition, sensation, and motor …

STrategically Acquired Gradient Echo (STAGE) imaging, part I: Creating enhanced T1 contrast and standardized susceptibility weighted imaging and quantitative …

Y Chen, S Liu, Y Wang, Y Kang, EM Haacke - Magnetic resonance imaging, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To provide whole brain grey matter (GM) to white matter (WM) contrast enhanced
T1W (T1WE) images, multi-echo quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), proton density …

Quantitative susceptibility mapping as an imaging biomarker for Alzheimer's disease: The expectations and limitations

Y Uchida, H Kan, K Sakurai, K Oishi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and a distressing diagnosis
for individuals and caregivers. Researchers and clinical trials have mainly focused on β …

Quantifying iron content in magnetic resonance imaging

K Ghassaban, S Liu, C Jiang, EM Haacke - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Measuring iron content has practical clinical indications in the study of diseases such as
Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ferritinopathies and multiple sclerosis as well as …