Magnetic Resonance Imaging Correlates of Multiple Sclerosis Immunopathological Patterns.

Imke MetzRalitza H GavrilovaStephen D WeigandJosa M FrischerBogdan F PopescuYong GuoMareike GlothWilliam Oliver TobinNicholas L ZalewskiHans LassmannJan M TillemaBradley J EricksonJoseph E ParisiStephanie BeckerFatima B KönigWolfgang BrückClaudia F Lucchinetti

Published in: Annals of neurology (2021)

We provide robust evidence that MRI characteristics reflect specific morphological features of multiple sclerosis immunopatterns and that ringlike enhancement and T2w hypointense rims might serve as a valuable noninvasive biomarker to differentiate pathological patterns of demyelination. ANN NEUROL 2021;90:440-454.

Keyphrases

multiple sclerosis
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
white matter
diffusion weighted imaging
neural network