User profiles for M. Cercignani

Mara Cercignani

Cardiff University
Verified email at cardiff.ac.uk
Cited by 19072

Twenty‐five pitfalls in the analysis of diffusion MRI data

DK Jones, M Cercignani - NMR in Biomedicine, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… and the diffusion weighting is given by B m , in which the scalar variable b m is solely a …
values of DWI m are the same. The more anisotropic the tensor, the more the DWI m s will vary …

Microstructural imaging of the human brain with a 'super-scanner': 10 key advantages of ultra-strong gradients for diffusion MRI

DK Jones, DC Alexander, R Bowtell, M Cercignani… - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
m (left two panels) and 300 mT/m (right panel). Differences in rise times for Gmax = 80 and
300 mT/m … lower δ values are achievable with Gmax = 80 mT/m (eg δ= 5 ms as shown in the …

About “axial” and “radial” diffusivities

…, M Cercignani - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents the potential problems arising from the use of “axial” and “radial” diffusivities,
derived from the eigenvalues of the diffusion tensor, and their interpretation in terms of …

White matter damage in Alzheimer's disease assessed in vivo using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging

…, M Franceschi, M Cercignani, M Zuffi… - Journal of Neurology …, 2002 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective: To investigate the extent and the nature of white matter tissue damage of patients
with Alzheimer's disease using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI). …

Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging in multiple sclerosis

M Filippi, M Cercignani, M Inglese, MA Horsfield… - Neurology, 2001 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: To quantify, using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), the tissue damage in lesions
and normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) from a large cohort of patients with MS and to …

The effect of filter size on VBM analyses of DT-MRI data

DK Jones, MR Symms, M Cercignani, RJ Howard - Neuroimage, 2005 - Elsevier
Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) has been used to analyze diffusion tensor MRI (DT-MRI)
data in a number of studies. In VBM, following spatial normalization, data are smoothed to …

The physical basis of diffusion-weighted MRI

M Cercignani, MA Horsfield - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2001 - Elsevier
Diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the only technique that
permits a non-invasive in vivo assessment of water molecular diffusion, which reflects tissue …

Brain imaging of the cortex in ADHD: a coordinated analysis of large-scale clinical and population-based samples

…, A Christakou, A Vance, M Cercignani… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Neuroimaging studies show structural alterations of various brain regions in children
and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), although nonreplications …

Magnetisation transfer ratio and mean diffusivity of normal appearing white and grey matter from patients with multiple sclerosis

M Cercignani, M Bozzali, G Iannucci, G Comi… - Journal of Neurology …, 2001 - jnnp.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility of a new technique based on diffusion anisotropy to
segment white and grey matter of the brain. To use this technique to measure the mean …

Mean diffusivity and fractional anisotropy histograms of patients with multiple sclerosis

M Cercignani, M Inglese, E Pagani… - American journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
… where M is the measured signal intensity, M 0 is the T2-weighted signal intensity, b ij are
the elements of the b matrix and D ij are the elements of the diffusion tensor matrix. The tensor …