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ArticleNature communications2024

Portable, low-field magnetic resonance imaging for evaluation of Alzheimer's disease.

Annabel J Sorby-Adams, Jennifer Guo, Pablo Laso, John E Kirsch, Julia Zabinska, Ana-Lucia Garcia Guarniz, Pamela W Schaefer, Seyedmehdi Payabvash, Adam de Havenon, Matthew S Rosen and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Ultra-low fieldCommunications chemistry · 2026
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  10. On the accuracy of image registration in portable low-field 3D brain MRI.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  13. Brain-age in ultra-low-field MRI: How well does it work?Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Annabel J Sorby-AdamsDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1648-3898
Jennifer GuoDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Pablo LasoAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-6994-3472
John E KirschAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Julia ZabinskaDepartment of Neurology, Center for Brain & Mind Health, Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Ana-Lucia Garcia GuarnizDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Pamela W SchaeferDivision of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Seyedmehdi PayabvashDivision of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Adam de HavenonDepartment of Neurology, Center for Brain & Mind Health, Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Matthew S RosenAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7194-002X
Kevin N ShethDepartment of Neurology, Center for Brain & Mind Health, Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2003-5473
Teresa Gomez-IslaDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
J Eugenio IglesiasAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
W Taylor KimberlyDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. wtkimberly@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2519-8530

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Functionally guided adult whole brain cell atlas in human and NHPUM1MH130981 · NIMH · ALLEN INSTITUTE · PI Ed Lein, Hongkui Zeng · 2022 to 2026
$91.9M
Research Education ComponentP30AG062421 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Christine S Ritchie · 2019 to 2026
$36.5M
Acquisition-independent machine learning for morphometric analysis of underrepresented aging populations with clinical and low-field brain MRIRF1AG080371 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Juan Eugenio Iglesias Gonzalez · 2023 to 2026
$4.0M
Portable, Low Field Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for Acute StrokeR01EB031114 · NIBIB · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI William Taylor Kimberly, Matthew Scot Rosen · 2022 to 2026
$3.5M
Diagnosing the undiagnosable: studies of Alzheimer disease mimics and confounders via "neuropathometry" of dissection photos with 3D scanningR01AG070988 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI IGLESIAS GONZALEZ, JUAN EUGENIO · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
Open-source software for multi-scale mapping of the human brainRF1MH123195 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FISCHL, BRUCE, IGLESIAS GONZALEZ, JUAN EUGENIO · 2020 to 2020
$2.0M
Alzheimer's Association 24AARG-NTF-1187394NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIA NIH HHS P30 AG062421NIA NIH HHS R01 AG070988NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG080371NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB031114NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH123195NIMH NIH HHS UM1 MH130981U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) EB031114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Portable, low-field magnetic resonance imaging (LF-MRI) of the brain may facilitate point-of-care assessment of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in settings where conventional MRI cannot. However, image quality is limited by a lower signal-to-noise ratio. Here, we optimize LF-MRI acquisition and develop a freely available machine learning pipeline to quantify brain morphometry and white matter hyperintensities (WMH). We validate the pipeline and apply it to outpatients presenting with mild cognitive impairment or dementia due to AD. We find hippocampal volumes from ≤ 3 mm isotropic LF-MRI scans have agreement with conventional MRI and are more accurate than anisotropic counterparts. We also show WMH volume has agreement between manual segmentation and the automated pipeline. The increased availability and reduced cost of LF-MRI, in combination with our machine learning pipeline, has the potential to increase access to neuroimaging for dementia.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionMachine LearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeuroimagingAgedAged, 80 and overBrainFemaleHippocampusHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMaleSignal-To-Noise RatioWhite Matter

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PMID39622805
PMCPMC11612292

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