T1 Recovery Is Predominantly Found in Black Holes and Is Associated with Clinical Improvement in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Christian Thaler Tobias Djamsched Faizy Jan Sedlacik B Holst Klarissa Hanja Stürner Christoph Heesen Jan-Patrick Stellmann Jens Fiehler Susanne Gellißen

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2016)

T1 relaxation time is a useful quantitative MR imaging technique, which helps detect changes in MS lesions with time. We assume that these changes are associated with the degree of myelination within the lesions themselves and are pronounced in black holes. Additionally, decreasing T1 values in black holes were associated with clinical improvement.

Keyphrases

multiple sclerosis
ms ms
high resolution
african american