Demyelinating plaques in relapsing-remitting and secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis: assessment with diffusion MR imaging

AC Scanderbeg, F Tomaiuolo… - American journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Conventional MR imaging does not provide specific
information that can be reliably associated with the pathologic substrate and clinical status of …

Quantitative diffusion measurements in focal multiple sclerosis lesions: correlations with appearance on TI-weighted MR images

AO Nusbaum, D Lu, CY Tang… - American Journal of …, 2000 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Relative hypointensity on T1-weighted MR imaging has been suggested as a
putative disability marker. The purpose of our study was to determine if there are quantifiable …

Investigation of apparent diffusion coefficient and diffusion tensor anisotropy in acute and chronic multiple sclerosis lesions

AL Tievsky, T Ptak, J Farkas - American Journal of …, 1999 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The various stages of multiple sclerosis (MS) are
characterized by de-and remyelination as well as by inflammation. Diffusion MR imaging is …

Progressive change in primary progressive multiple sclerosis normal-appearing white matter: a serial diffusion magnetic resonance imaging study

K Schmierer, DR Altmann, N Kassim… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
In spite of marked disability, patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS)
display smaller lesion volumes on conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Diffusion-tensor magnetic resonance imaging detects normal-appearing white matter damage unrelated to short-term disease activity in patients at the earliest clinical …

A Gallo, M Rovaris, R Riva, A Ghezzi… - Archives of …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
Background Diffusion-tensor (DT) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to
elucidate some characteristics of tissue microstructure inaccessible to other MRI techniques …

Diffusion MRI in multiple sclerosis

M Rovaris, A Gass, R Bammer, SJ Hickman… - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
Diffusion imaging is a quantitative, MR-based technique potentially useful for the study of
multiple sclerosis (MS), due to its increased pathologic specificity over conventional MRI and …

The contribution of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in multiple sclerosis during acute attack

I Yurtsever, B Hakyemez, O Taskapilioglu… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The aims of the study are firstly, to determine the difference in diffusion-weighted
imaging (DWI) in normal appearing white matter (NAWM) between patients with acute …

Analysis of normal-appearing white matter in multiple sclerosis: comparison of diffusion tensor MR imaging and magnetization transfer imaging

AC Guo, VL Jewells… - American journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Our purpose was to compare diffusion tensor MR and
magnetization transfer imaging in assessing normal-appearing white matter (WM) regions in …

Multiple sclerosis: diffusion tensor MR imaging for evaluation of normal-appearing white matter

AC Guo, JR MacFall, JM Provenzale - Radiology, 2002 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To determine whether the normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) regions
surrounding and remote from multiple sclerosis (MS) plaques have abnormal diffusional …

In vivo magnetic resonance diffusion measurement in the brain of patients with multiple sclerosis

HBW Larsson, C Thomsen, J Frederiksen… - Magnetic resonance …, 1992 - Elsevier
Measurement of water self-diffusion in the brain in 25 patients with multiple sclerosis was
performed by magnetic resonance imaging. Quantitative diffusion measurements were …