Monday AM 1 Opening Session 2011 Mansfield Lecture ... - ISMRM

Poster Sessions
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2169. Similar Cortical Lesion Distribution & Cortical Atrophy Location in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting
Multiple Sclerosis.
Marco Battaglini 1 , Massimiliano Calabrese 2 , Maria Laura Stromillo 1 , Alice Favaretto 2 , Antonio Giorgio 1 , Francesca
Rinaldi 2 , Paolo Gallo 2 , Nicola De Stefano 1
1 2
Neurological & Behavioral Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Toscany, Italy; Multiple Sclerosis Center of Veneto Region,
University of Padua, Padova
2170. Effect of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions on the MTR of Grey & White Matter in the Cervical Spinal Cord
Hugh Kearney 1 , Marios C. Yiannakas 1 , Rebecca Samson 1 , Claudia A. M. Wheeler-Kingshott 1 , Olga Ciccarelli 1,2 , David
H. Miller 1
1 Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; 2 Department of Brain Repair &
Rehabilitation, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
2171. Periventricular Venous Density in MS Patients Correlates with T2 Lesion Load - a 7 Tesla MRI Study
Paul Mittelstaedt 1 , Tim Sinnecker 1 , Jan Markus Doerr 1 , Caspar F. Pfueller 1 , Lutz Harms 1 , Thoralf Niendorf 2,3 ,
Friedemann Paul 1,4 , Jens Wuerfel 2,5
1 Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany; 2 Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicin, Berlin, Germany; 3 Berlin Ultrahigh
Field Facility, Berlin, Germany; 4 NeuroCure Clinical Research Center , Berlin, Germany; 5 University of Luebeck, Luebeck,
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
2172. Diffusion Tensor Parameters of the Optic Radiations Are Associated with Visual Acuity & Retinal Nerve Fiber
Layer Loss Following Optic Neuritis
Robert a Bermel 1 , Salim E. Abboud 1 , Blessy Mathew 2 , Ken E. Sakaie 2 , Stephen E. Jones 2 , Michael D. Phillips 2 , Mark J.
Lowe 2
1 2
Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States; Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United
States
2173. Changes in Diffusion Tensor Eigenvalues in Corpus Callosum in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: A
Longitudinal DTI Study
Wei Tian 1 , Tong Zhu 1 , Jianhui Zhong 1 , Xiang Liu 1 , Praveen Rao 2 , Benjamin M. Segal 2 , Xiang Liu
1 Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States; 2 University of Michigan
2174. Short-Term Stability of T 1 & T 2 Relaxation Measures in Multiple Sclerosis Normal Appearing White Matter
Alice Liang 1 , Irene M. Vavasour 2 , Anthony L. Traboulsee 3 , Joel Oger 3 , Donna J. Lang 2 , David K. B. Li 2 , Alex L.
MacKay 1,2 , Cornelia Laule 2,4
1 Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 2 Radiology, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC, Canada; 3 Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 4 Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2175. Estimation of Total Myelin Volume in the Brain
J. B. M. Warntjes 1,2 , J. West 1,3 , O. Dahlqvist-Leinhard 1,3 , G. Helms 4 , A.-M. Landtblom 5 , P. Lundberg 6,7
1 Linköping University, Center for Medical Image Science & Visualization, Linköping, Sweden; 2 Department of Medicine & Health,
division of clinical physiology, Linköping, Sweden; 3 Department of Medicine & Health, Division of Radiation Physics, Linköping,
Sweden; 4 University Medical Center, MR-Research in Neurology & Psychiatry, Göttingen, Germany; 5 Department of Clinical
Neuroscience, Linköping, Sweden; 6 Linköping University, Dept of Radiation Physics & Dept of Radiology, IMH, University of
Linkoping, Linköping, Sweden; 7 University Hospital of Linköping, Dept of Radiation Physics & Dept of Radiology, CKOC,
University Hospital of Linkoping, Linköping, Sweden
2176. Quantitative Evaluation of Spinal Cord Tissue Damage in MS Patients using Gradient Echo Plural Contrast
Imaging
Jie Luo 1 , Anne H. Cross 2 , Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy 3
1 Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St.Louis, MO, United States; 2 Neurology, Washington University School of
Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States; 3 Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
White Matter Diseases
Exhibition Hall Tuesday 13:30-15:30
2177. Automatic Segmentation of White Matter Hyperintensities Based on Reaction Diffusion with Adaptive
Threshold
Shuangxi Ji 1 , Yining Huang 2 , Jing Fang 1,3 , Jue Zhang 1,3
1 College of Engineering, Peking University, BEIJING, China, People's Republic of; 2 Dept.of Neurology, Peking University, BEIJING,
China, People's Republic of; 3 Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, BEIJING, China, People's
Republic of