by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | Neuroimaging
ABSTRACT Background and Purpose Structural MRI (sMRI) is used in monitoring multiple sclerosis (MS) but lacks sensitivity in detecting clinically relevant damage to normal-appearing white matter (NAWM), that is, pre-lesional tissue, and specificity for identifying the...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, February 9, 2025 | Neuroimaging
ABSTRACT Background and Purpose Accurate and consistent lesion segmentation from magnetic resonance imaging is required for longitudinal multiple sclerosis (MS) data analysis. In this work, we propose two new transfer learning-based pipelines to improve segmentation...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, February 9, 2025 | Neuroimaging
Abstract Background and Purpose This study presents automated atlas-based magnetization transfer (MT) measurements of the typically developing pediatric cervical spinal cord (SC). We report normative MT ratio (MTR) values from the whole cervical cord white matter (WM)...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Saturday, February 8, 2025 | Neuroimaging
ABSTRACT Background and Purpose Ancillary testing is essential for diagnosing brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) when clinical determination (neurologic exam and apnea testing) cannot be fully or safely performed. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD)...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Thursday, February 6, 2025 | Neuroimaging
ABSTRACT Background and Purpose Right-to-left shunt (RLS), usually related to a patent foramen ovale (PFO), is an important cause of cryptogenic stroke (CS) in young patients. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) with an agitated saline bubble study is a highly sensitive...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, February 4, 2025 | Neuroimaging
ABSTRACT Background and Purpose This study investigated the neural mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s disease (PD) subtypes—tremor dominant (TD) and postural instability gait difficulty (PIGD)—by analyzing regional homogeneity (ReHo) values from resting-state...