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ReviewBrain : a journal of neurology2021

Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging towards clinical application in multiple sclerosis.

Cristina Granziera, Jens Wuerfel, Frederik Barkhof, Massimiliano Calabrese, Nicola De Stefano, Christian Enzinger, Nikos Evangelou, Massimo Filippi, Jeroen J G Geurts, Daniel S Reich and 9 more

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Review in Brain : a journal of neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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119citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

119 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Simultaneous TMagnetic resonance in medicine · 2026
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  9. A MR Fingerprinting Development Kit for Quantitative 3D Brain Imaging.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2026
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  11. Big data in multiple sclerosis.Current opinion in neurology · 2026
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  18. Heterogeneous Deep Gray Matter Iron Deposition Patterns across Multiple Sclerosis Subgroups Defined by the Clinico-Radiological Paradox.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Cristina GranzieraNeurologic Clinic and Policlinic, Departments of Medicine, Clinical Research and Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4917-8761
Jens WuerfelMedical Image Analysis Center, Basel, Switzerland.
Frederik BarkhofDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, multiple sclerosis Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Massimiliano CalabreseNeurology B, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Nicola De StefanoNeurology, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Italy.
Christian EnzingerDepartment of Neurology and Division of Neuroradiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Nikos EvangelouDivision of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Massimo FilippiNeuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5485-0479
Jeroen J G GeurtsDepartment of Anatomy and Neurosciences, multiple sclerosis Center Amsterdam, Neuroscience Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Daniel S ReichTranslational Neuroradiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Maria A RoccaNeuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2358-4320
Stefan RopeleNeuroimaging Research Unit, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Àlex RoviraSection of Neuroradiology (Department of Radiology), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Pascal SatiTranslational Neuroradiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Ahmed T ToosyQueen Square multiple sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4441-3750
Hugo VrenkenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, multiple sclerosis Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Claudia A M Gandini Wheeler-KingshottQueen Square multiple sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
Ludwig KapposNeurologic Clinic and Policlinic, Departments of Medicine, Clinical Research and Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
MAGNIMS Study Group

Funding

Multimodal MRI in Multiple SclerosisZIANS003119 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI REICH, DANIEL · 2010 to 2025
$53.4M
Medical Research Council MR/S026088/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitative MRI provides biophysical measures of the microstructural integrity of the CNS, which can be compared across CNS regions, patients, and centres. In patients with multiple sclerosis, quantitative MRI techniques such as relaxometry, myelin imaging, magnetization transfer, diffusion MRI, quantitative susceptibility mapping, and perfusion MRI, complement conventional MRI techniques by providing insight into disease mechanisms. These include: (i) presence and extent of diffuse damage in CNS tissue outside lesions (normal-appearing tissue); (ii) heterogeneity of damage and repair in focal lesions; and (iii) specific damage to CNS tissue components. This review summarizes recent technical advances in quantitative MRI, existing pathological validation of quantitative MRI techniques, and emerging applications of quantitative MRI to patients with multiple sclerosis in both research and clinical settings. The current level of clinical maturity of each quantitative MRI technique, especially regarding its integration into clinical routine, is discussed. We aim to provide a better understanding of how quantitative MRI may help clinical practice by improving stratification of patients with multiple sclerosis, and assessment of disease progression, and evaluation of treatment response.

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BrainHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMultiple SclerosisNeuroimagingSpinal Cordimagingmultiple sclerosisquantitative MRI

Identifiers

PMID33970206
PMCPMC8219362

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