Three‐dimensional and 3‐Tesla MRI morphometry of knee meniscus in normal and pathologic state

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-153
Author(s):  
Samar Kayfan ◽  
Rocco Hlis ◽  
Parham Pezeshk ◽  
Jay Shah ◽  
Feng Poh ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faisal Mohammad Amin ◽  
Roberto De Icco ◽  
Mohammad Al-Mahdi Al-Karagholi ◽  
Jayachandra Raghava ◽  
Frauke Wolfram ◽  
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Abstract Background Structural imaging has revealed changes in cortical thickness in migraine patients compared to healthy controls is reported, but presence of dynamic cortical and subcortical changes during migraine attack versus inter-ictal phase is unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate possible changes in cortical thickness during spontaneous migraine attacks. We hypothesized that pain-related cortical area would be affected during the attack compared to an inter-ictal phase. Methods Twenty-five patients with migraine without aura underwent three-dimensional T1-weighted imaging on a 3-Tesla MRI scanner during spontaneous and untreated migraine attacks. Subsequently, 20 patients were scanned in the inter-ictal phase, while 5 patients did not show up for the inter-ictal scan. Four patients were excluded from the analysis because of bilateral migraine pain and another one patient was excluded due to technical error in the imaging. Longitudinal image processing was done using FreeSurfer. Repeated measures ANOVA was used for statistical analysis and to control for multiple comparison the level of significance was set at p = 0.025. Results In a total of 15 patients, we found reduced cortical thickness of the precentral (p = 0.023), pericalcarine (p = 0.024), and temporal pole (p = 0.017) cortices during the attack compared to the inter-ictal phase. Cortical volume was reduced in prefrontal (p = 0.018) and pericalcarine (p = 0.017) cortices. Hippocampus volume was increased during attack (p = 0.007). We found no correlations between the pain side or any other clinical parameters and the reduced cortical size. Conclusion Spontaneous migraine attacks are accompanied by transient reduced cortical thickness and volume in pain-related areas. The findings constitute a fingerprint of acute pain in migraine patients, which can be used as a possible biomarker to predict antimigraine treatment effect in future studies. Trial registration The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02202486).


2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239
Author(s):  
Masashi Ogawa ◽  
Yoshio Matsumura ◽  
Takeshi Matsumoto ◽  
Toshio Tsuchihashi ◽  
Shingo Tsubakiyama

Author(s):  
UKM Teichgräber ◽  
JG Pinkernelle ◽  
F Neumann ◽  
T Benter ◽  
H Bruhn ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.R. Apprich ◽  
M.M. Schreiner ◽  
P. Szomolanyi ◽  
G.H. Welsch ◽  
U.K. Koller ◽  
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Author(s):  
Hala Maher Ahmed ◽  
Ahmed Ebrahim Ebeed ◽  
Ahmed Hamdy ◽  
Mohamed Abou El-Ghar ◽  
Ahmed Abdel Khalek Abdel Razek

Abstract Background A retrospective study was conducted on 71 consecutive patients with suspected prostate cancer (PCa) with a mean age of 56 years and underwent mp-MRI of the prostate at 3 Tesla MRI. Two readers recognized all prostatic lesions, and each lesion had a score according to Prostate Imaging–Reporting and Data System version 2 (PI-RADS-v2). Purpose of the study To evaluate the interobserver agreement of PI-RADS-v2 in characterization of prostatic lesions using multiparametric MRI (mp-MRI) at 3 Tesla MRI. Results The overall interobserver agreement of PI-RADS-v2 for both zones was excellent (k = 0.81, percent agreement = 94.9%). In the peripheral zone (PZ) lesions are the interobserver agreement for PI-RADS II (k = 0.78, percent agreement = 83.9%), PI-RADS III (k = 0.66, percent agreement = 91.3 %), PI-RADS IV (k = 0.69, percent agreement = 93.5%), and PI-RADS V (k = 0.91, percent agreement = 95.7 %). In the transitional zone (TZ) lesions are the interobserver agreement for PI-RADS I (k = 0.98, percent of agreement = 96%), PI-RADS II (k = 0.65, percent agreement = 96%), PI-RADS III (k = 0.65, percent agreement = 88%), PI-RADS IV (k = 0.83, percent agreement = 96%), and PI-RADS V (k = 0.82, percent agreement = 92%). Conclusion We concluded that PI-RADS-v2 is a reliable and a reproducible imaging modality for the characterization of prostatic lesions and detection of PCa.


2016 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 806-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorn Fierstra ◽  
Jan-Karl Burkhardt ◽  
Christiaan Hendrik Bas van Niftrik ◽  
Marco Piccirelli ◽  
Athina Pangalu ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. S132-S133
Author(s):  
Sivakumar P. Thangaraju ◽  
Srikanth Miriyala ◽  
Nagalakshmi R M ◽  
Harshita Vishwakarma ◽  
Shivakumar Venkatram ◽  
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