Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain Disorders
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been shown to improve the diagnosis and management of patients with brain disorders. Multiparametric MRI offers the possibility of noninvasively assessing multiple facets of pathophysiological processes that exist simultaneously, thereby further assisting in patient treatment management. Voxel-based analysis approaches, such as tissue theme mapping, have the benefit over volumetric approaches in being able to identify spatially heterogeneous colocalized changes on multiple parametric MR images that are not readily discernible. Tissue theme maps seem to be a promising tool for integrating the plethora of novel imaging contrasts that are being developed for the noninvasive investigation of the different stages of disease progression into easily interpretable maps of brain injury. We describe here various implementations for combining multiparametric imaging and their merits in the evaluation of brain diseases.
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: Normobaric Hyperoxia in Acute Ischemic Stroke, Predicting Brain Recovery after Acute Hemorrhage and Resuscitation, Sharing canonical human stroke data, Center for Functional Imaging Technologies, Specialized Programs of Translational Research in Acute Stroke at the Partners, Quantitative MRI-based metrics for multi-center stroke treatment assessment
OpenAlex ID: W2006664172