Imaging chronic active lesions in multiple sclerosis: a consensus statement

F Bagnato, P Sati, CC Hemond, C Elliott, SA Gauthier… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Chronic active lesions (CAL) are an important manifestation of chronic inflammation in
multiple sclerosis (MS) and have implications for non-relapsing biological progression. In …

Evaluating white matter lesion segmentations with refined Sørensen-Dice analysis

A Carass, S Roy, A Gherman, JC Reinhold, A Jesson… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The Sørensen-Dice index (SDI) is a widely used measure for evaluating medical image
segmentation algorithms. It offers a standardized measure of segmentation accuracy which …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical lesions, central vein sign, and paramagnetic rim lesions in multiple sclerosis: Emerging machine learning techniques and future avenues

F La Rosa, M Wynen, O Al-Louzi, ES Beck… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
The current diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS) lack specificity, and this may lead to
misdiagnosis, which remains an issue in present-day clinical practice. In addition …

Positron Emission Tomography with [18F]‐DPA‐714 Unveils a Smoldering Component in Most Multiple Sclerosis Lesions which Drives Disease Progression

M Hamzaoui, J Garcia, G Boffa, A Lazzarotto… - Annals of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the prognostic value of persisting neuroinflammation in multiple
sclerosis (MS) lesions, we developed a 18 kDa‐translocator‐protein‐positron emission …

Accuracy of unenhanced MRI in the detection of new brain lesions in multiple sclerosis

P Eichinger, S Schön, V Pongratz, H Wiestler, H Zhang… - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Administration of a gadolinium-based contrast material is widely considered
obligatory for follow-up imaging of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). However, advances …

Predictive MRI biomarkers in MS—A critical review

VE Tiu, I Enache, CA Panea, C Tiu, BO Popescu - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: In this critical review, we explore the potential use of MRI
measurements as prognostic biomarkers in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, for both …

[HTML][HTML] Central vein sign: A diagnostic biomarker in multiple sclerosis (CAVS-MS) study protocol for a prospective multicenter trial

D Ontaneda, P Sati, P Raza, M Kilbane, E Gombos… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
The specificity and implementation of current MRI-based diagnostic criteria for multiple
sclerosis (MS) are imperfect. Approximately 1 in 5 of individuals diagnosed with MS are …

[HTML][HTML] Single-timepoint low-dimensional characterization and classification of acute versus chronic multiple sclerosis lesions using machine learning

B Caba, A Cafaro, A Lombard, DL Arnold, C Elliott… - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease
characterized by the appearance of focal lesions across the central nervous system. The …

Multiple sclerosis identification in brain MRI images using wavelet convolutional neural networks

A Alijamaat, A NikravanShalmani… - International journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative disease of the covering around the nerves in the
central nervous system. It damages the immune cells and causes small lesions in the …

[HTML][HTML] Fully automated detection of paramagnetic rims in multiple sclerosis lesions on 3T susceptibility-based MR imaging

C Lou, P Sati, M Absinta, K Clark, JD Dworkin… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Purpose The presence of a paramagnetic rim around a white
matter lesion has recently been shown to be a hallmark of a particular pathological type of …