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Maria Vittoria Spampinato

Professor of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina
Verified email at musc.edu
Cited by 3096

Cerebral blood volume measurements and proton MR spectroscopy in grading of oligodendroglial tumors

MV Spampinato, JK Smith, L Kwock… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine whether perfusion-weighted
imaging (PWI) and proton MR spectroscopy (MRS) are useful in differentiating high- and low-grade …

Current radiographic iodinated contrast agents

MV Spampinato, A Abid… - Magnetic Resonance …, 2017 - mri.theclinics.com
Over the last decades, the development of iodinated contrast agents has helped make significant
progress in the design of safe and more effective compounds. Iodinated contrast media …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of spaceflight on astronaut brain structure as indicated on MRI

…, AR Chatterjee, MV Spampinato… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background There is limited information regarding the effects of spaceflight on the anatomical
configuration of the brain and on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces. Methods We used …

Neural correlates of anxiety in healthy volunteers: a voxel-based morphometry study

MV Spampinato, JN Wood… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Am Neuropsych Assoc
METHODS High-resolution structural MRIs were obtained for 30 healthy right-handed
participants (16 men, 14 women, mean age 28 years 5.6 SD). None of our participants had a …

Stroke assessment with diffusional kurtosis imaging

…, A Tabesh, W Feng, L Bonilha, MV Spampinato… - Stroke, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose— Despite being the gold standard technique for stroke assessment,
conventional diffusion MRI provides only partial information about tissue microstructure. …

Medial temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with neuronal fibre loss and paradoxical increase in structural connectivity of limbic structures

…, GU Martz, JE Joseph, MV Spampinato… - Journal of Neurology …, 2012 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background It has been hypothesised that seizure induced neuronal loss and axonal
damage in medial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) may lead to the development of aberrant …

Politics on the brain: An fMRI investigation

KM Knutson, JN Wood, MV Spampinato… - Social …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
We assessed political attitudes using the Implicit Association Test (IAT) in which participants
were presented with faces and names of well-known Democrat and Republican politicians …

Cerebral blood volume measurements by perfusion-weighted MR imaging in gliomas: ready for prime time in predicting short-term outcome and recurrent disease?

…, P Giglio, C Welsh, MV Spampinato… - American Journal …, 2009 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Current classification and grading of primary brain tumors
has significant limitations. Our aim was to determine whether the relative cerebral volume (…

Intracranial atherosclerosis: correlation between in-vivo 3T high resolution MRI and pathology

…, CT Welsh, MF Lopes-Virella, MV Spampinato… - Atherosclerosis, 2014 - Elsevier
Background: High-resolution MRI (HRMRI) is a promising tool for studying intracranial
atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) in-vivo, but its use to understand the pathophysiology of ICAD has …

Apolipoprotein E and gray matter volume loss in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease

MV Spampinato, Z Rumboldt, RJ Hosker, JE Mintzer… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To examine the influence of apoliprotein E ε4 allele (APOE4) carrier status on disease
progression by evaluating the rate of regional gray matter (GM) volume loss and disease …