Diffusion kurtosis and quantitative susceptibility mapping MRI are sensitive to structural abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Objective: To construct a clinical diagnostic biomarker using state-of-the-art microstructural MRI in the motor cortex of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods: Clinical and MRI data were obtained from 21 ALS patients (aged 54 ± 14 years, 33% female) and 63 age- and gender-matched...

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Main Authors: Thomas Welton, Jerome J. Maller, R. Marc Lebel, Ek T. Tan, Dominic B. Rowe, Stuart M. Grieve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158219303031