Longitudinal myelin content measures of slowly expanding lesions using 7T MRI in multiple sclerosis.

Mina M HuertaDevon S Conway Sarah Marie PlanchonBhaskar ThoomukuntlaSe-Hong Oh Ken E Sakaie Daniel Ontaneda Kunio Nakamura

Published in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2024)

SELs have a lower myelin content relative to non-SELs without a difference in neurite measures. SELs showed a longitudinal decrease in apparent myelin water fraction reflecting greater tissue injury.

Keyphrases

white matter
multiple sclerosis
diffusion weighted imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
cross sectional
magnetic resonance