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Magnetization Transfer Imaging

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Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis

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Abstract

Although conventional MRI cannot establish the mechanisms of neurodegeneration, increasingly sophisticated imaging techniques are making it possible to study these processes in vivo. Among the quantitative MRI techniques, magnetization transfer imaging (MTI) has been the most extensively applied to the assessment of multiple sclerosis (MS), due to its sensitivity to the most destructive pathological substrates of the disease. This chapter outlines the major contributions of MTI in detecting and monitoring neurodegeneration in MS and other CNS diseases.

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  1. Department of Radiology Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    M. Inglese, Y. Ge & R.I. Grossman

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  1. Neuroimaging Research Unit Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute and University Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

    Massimo Filippi  & Marco Rovaris  & 

  2. Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute and University Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

    Giancarlo Comi

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Inglese, M., Ge, Y., Grossman, R. (2007). Magnetization Transfer Imaging. In: Filippi, M., Rovaris, M., Comi, G. (eds) Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis. Topics in Neuroscience. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0391-0_5

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