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View article: MRI-Based Spectral Analysis of Fetal Brain Gyrification: Applications to Lissencephaly and Polymicrogyria
MRI-Based Spectral Analysis of Fetal Brain Gyrification: Applications to Lissencephaly and Polymicrogyria Open
Cortical gyrification is a key marker of fetal brain development and is typically assessed qualitatively on ultrasound or MRI. While previous quantitative approaches have characterized gestational trajectories in typically developing (TD) …
View article: Anatomically-Informed Dynamic Weighting for Robust Semi-Supervised Fetal MRI Segmentation
Anatomically-Informed Dynamic Weighting for Robust Semi-Supervised Fetal MRI Segmentation Open
View article: Predicting adverse perinatal outcomes in small-for-gestational-age fetuses using MRI, ultrasound, and clinical data
Predicting adverse perinatal outcomes in small-for-gestational-age fetuses using MRI, ultrasound, and clinical data Open
Background Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is associated with adverse perinatal outcomes. Existing sonographic approaches offer limited predictive accuracy. Combining fetal MRI, ultrasound and clinical data may improve perinatal prognostica…
View article: SegQC: a segmentation network-based framework for multi-metric segmentation quality control and segmentation error detection in volumetric medical images
SegQC: a segmentation network-based framework for multi-metric segmentation quality control and segmentation error detection in volumetric medical images Open
Quality control (QC) of structures segmentation in volumetric medical images is important for identifying segmentation errors in clinical practice and for facilitating model development by enhancing network performance in semi-supervised a…
View article: Radiological markers of CSF α-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease patients
Radiological markers of CSF α-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease patients Open
Alpha-synuclein (αS) aggregation is a widely regarded hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) and can be detected through synuclein amplification assays (SAA). This study investigated the association between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) radiolog…
View article: SegQC: a segmentation network-based framework for multi-metric segmentation quality control and segmentation error detection in volumetric medical images
SegQC: a segmentation network-based framework for multi-metric segmentation quality control and segmentation error detection in volumetric medical images Open
Quality control of structures segmentation in volumetric medical images is important for identifying segmentation errors in clinical practice and for facilitating model development. This paper introduces SegQC, a novel framework for segmen…
View article: Brain Metabolite Differences in Fetuses With Cytomegalovirus Infection: A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study
Brain Metabolite Differences in Fetuses With Cytomegalovirus Infection: A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study Open
Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common intrauterine infection and may be associated with unfavorable outcomes. While some CMV‐infected fetuses may show gross or subtle brain abnormalities on MRI, their clinical significance ma…
View article: Noise propagation and MP-PCA image denoising for high-resolution quantitative T2* and magnetic susceptibility mapping (QSM)
Noise propagation and MP-PCA image denoising for high-resolution quantitative T2* and magnetic susceptibility mapping (QSM) Open
Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) is a technique for measuring magnetic susceptibility of tissues, aiding in the detection of pathologies like traumatic brain injury and multiple sclerosis by analyzing variations in substances such…
View article: Automatic Quantification of Normal Brain Gyrification Patterns and Changes in Fetuses with Polymicrogyria and Lissencephaly Based on MRI
Automatic Quantification of Normal Brain Gyrification Patterns and Changes in Fetuses with Polymicrogyria and Lissencephaly Based on MRI Open
This study presents a pipeline for automatic quantification of fetal brain gyrification and provides normal developmental curves from a large cohort. Our method significantly differentiated fetuses with lissencephaly and polymicrogyria, de…
View article: Fetal <scp>MRI</scp>‐Based Body and Adiposity Quantification for Small for Gestational Age Perinatal Risk Stratification
Fetal <span>MRI</span>‐Based Body and Adiposity Quantification for Small for Gestational Age Perinatal Risk Stratification Open
Background Small for gestational age (SGA) fetuses are at risk for perinatal adverse outcomes. Fetal body composition reflects the fetal nutrition status and hold promise as potential prognostic indicator. MRI quantification of fetal anthr…
View article: Test-time augmentation-based active learning and self-training for label-efficient segmentation
Test-time augmentation-based active learning and self-training for label-efficient segmentation Open
Deep learning techniques depend on large datasets whose annotation is time-consuming. To reduce annotation burden, the self-training (ST) and active-learning (AL) methods have been developed as well as methods that combine them in an itera…
View article: Correction: The natural history study of preclinical genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): a prospective longitudinal study protocol
Correction: The natural history study of preclinical genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): a prospective longitudinal study protocol Open
View article: Fetal brain tissue annotation and segmentation challenge results
Fetal brain tissue annotation and segmentation challenge results Open
View article: The natural history study of preclinical genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): a prospective longitudinal study protocol
The natural history study of preclinical genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): a prospective longitudinal study protocol Open
Background Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is the most common prion disease in humans causing a rapidly progressive neurological decline and dementia and is invariably fatal. The familial forms (genetic CJD, gCJD) are caused by mutations i…
View article: Neuromelanin and T2*-MRI for the assessment of genetically at-risk, prodromal, and symptomatic Parkinson’s disease
Neuromelanin and T2*-MRI for the assessment of genetically at-risk, prodromal, and symptomatic Parkinson’s disease Open
MRI was suggested as a promising method for the diagnosis and assessment of Parkinson’s Disease (PD). We aimed to assess the sensitivity of neuromelanin-MRI and T 2 * with radiomics analysis for detecting PD, identifying individuals at ris…
View article: Contour Dice loss for structures with Fuzzy and Complex Boundaries in Fetal MRI
Contour Dice loss for structures with Fuzzy and Complex Boundaries in Fetal MRI Open
Volumetric measurements of fetal structures in MRI are time consuming and error prone and therefore require automatic segmentation. Placenta segmentation and accurate fetal brain segmentation for gyrification assessment are particularly ch…
View article: Automatic fetal fat quantification from MRI
Automatic fetal fat quantification from MRI Open
Normal fetal adipose tissue (AT) development is essential for perinatal well-being. AT, or simply fat, stores energy in the form of lipids. Malnourishment may result in excessive or depleted adiposity. Although previous studies showed a co…
View article: BV-GAN: 3D time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography cerebrovascular vessel segmentation using adversarial CNNs
BV-GAN: 3D time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography cerebrovascular vessel segmentation using adversarial CNNs Open
Purpose: Cerebrovascular vessel segmentation is a key step in the detection of vessel pathology. Brain time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF-MRA) is a main method used clinically for imaging of blood vessels using magne…
View article: Preventing post-stroke dementia. The MARCH Trial. Protocol and statistical analysis plan of a randomized clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of Maraviroc in post-stroke cognitive impairment
Preventing post-stroke dementia. The MARCH Trial. Protocol and statistical analysis plan of a randomized clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of Maraviroc in post-stroke cognitive impairment Open
Background: Current evidence suggest that 25%–33% of stroke-survivors develop post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI). The licensed drug Maraviroc, a CCR5-antagonist, is postulated to act via a neuroprotective mechanism that may offer the …
View article: Fetal Brain Tissue Annotation and Segmentation Challenge Results
Fetal Brain Tissue Annotation and Segmentation Challenge Results Open
In-utero fetal MRI is emerging as an important tool in the diagnosis and analysis of the developing human brain. Automatic segmentation of the developing fetal brain is a vital step in the quantitative analysis of prenatal neurodevelopment…
View article: Aberrant dopamine transporter and functional connectivity patterns in LRRK2 and GBA mutation carriers
Aberrant dopamine transporter and functional connectivity patterns in LRRK2 and GBA mutation carriers Open
View article: Automatic Fetal Fat Quantification from MRI
Automatic Fetal Fat Quantification from MRI Open
View article: BiometryNet: Landmark-based Fetal Biometry Estimation from Standard Ultrasound Planes
BiometryNet: Landmark-based Fetal Biometry Estimation from Standard Ultrasound Planes Open
View article: Partial Annotations for the Segmentation of Large Structures with Low Annotation Cost
Partial Annotations for the Segmentation of Large Structures with Low Annotation Cost Open
View article: Utilizing the TractSeg Tool for Automatic Corticospinal Tract Segmentation in Patients With Brain Pathology
Utilizing the TractSeg Tool for Automatic Corticospinal Tract Segmentation in Patients With Brain Pathology Open
Purpose: White-matter tract segmentation in patients with brain pathology can guide surgical planning and can be used for tissue integrity assessment. Recently, TractSeg was proposed for automatic tract segmentation in healthy subjects. Th…
View article: NIMG-05. DIFFERENCES IN VASCULARITY BETWEEN RECURRENT GLIOBLASTOMA AND BRAIN METASTASIS USING DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI
NIMG-05. DIFFERENCES IN VASCULARITY BETWEEN RECURRENT GLIOBLASTOMA AND BRAIN METASTASIS USING DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI Open
In recent years, several automatic methods have been proposed to differentiate between brain tumor recurrence and treatment-related changes following radiotherapy, based on conventional and advanced MRI methods. Vascular parameters extract…
View article: Aramchol in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2b trial
Aramchol in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2b trial Open
View article: Whole brain and deep gray matter structure segmentation: Quantitative comparison between MPRAGE and MP2RAGE sequences
Whole brain and deep gray matter structure segmentation: Quantitative comparison between MPRAGE and MP2RAGE sequences Open
Objective T1-weighted MRI images are commonly used for volumetric assessment of brain structures. Magnetization prepared 2 rapid gradient echo (MP2RAGE) sequence offers superior gray (GM) and white matter (WM) contrast. This study aimed to…
View article: Automatic linear measurements of the fetal brain on MRI with deep neural networks
Automatic linear measurements of the fetal brain on MRI with deep neural networks Open
View article: Automatic linear measurements of the fetal brain on MRI with deep neural networks
Automatic linear measurements of the fetal brain on MRI with deep neural networks Open
Purpose: Timely, accurate and reliable assessment of fetal brain development is essential to reduce short and long-term risks to fetus and mother. Fetal MRI is increasingly used for fetal brain assessment. Three key biometric linear measur…