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Mietton L, Mata-Orozco J, Guezenec S, Marlin T, Samson MF, Canaguier E, Godet T, Nolleau V, Segond D, Cassan D, Baylet M, Bedouelle P, Bonnel L, Bouquin H, Christin G, Courteau M, Doucoure M, Hazard V, Kober T, Montard A, Nodet M, Parent M, Dalmasso C, Gainon A, Jouve O, Pichard S, Puel J, Simon R, Nidelet T, Sicard D. Minimal influence of milling technique in contrast to sourdough on the nutritional and organoleptic quality of bread. Food Microbiol 2024; 118:104426. [PMID: 38049266 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2023.104426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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A number of studies have shown the effect of cereals and sourdough on bread nutritional and organoleptic quality, but the impact of the milling technique remains little studied. There are two main types of milling technic depending on the bread-making food chain. Industrial bakeries mainly use roller mills while artisanal bakeries may also use stone mill. We set up a participatory experiment with six millers and four bakers to study the impact of these two milling techniques on the quality of flours, sourdough microbiota and the quality of breads. Millers made twenty-two different flours from four different wheat grain varieties using either roller or stone mills. Each baker initiated and maintained sourdoughs with three roller-milled and three stone-milled flours during at least 32 backsloppings and then made bread. The analysis of flours revealed a typical granulometry profile linked to wheat hardness with higher particle sizes for stone-milled flours. Stone-milled flours also had a higher maltose content. However, the milling technic did not drive the composition of the sourdough microbiota. Moreover, the analysis of bread revealed that variation in bread protein fractions and in bread aroma compounds were more related to the specific baker microbial community than to the milling technique. Carbohydrate contents were clearly linked to the main LAB species metabolism. These results revealed that the sourdough microbial community shapes the organoleptic and nutritional quality of bread more than milling techniques.
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- Lauriane Mietton
- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- IATE, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- IATE, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- Le Pain des Cairns, Grenoble, France
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- Moulin du Rey, Saint-Saturnin-de-Lenne, France
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- Ferme Biodélices, Saint-Julien-sur-Veyle, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France.
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Demerath T, Rubensdörfer L, Schwarzwald R, Schulze-Bonhage A, Altenmüller DM, Kaller C, Kober T, Huppertz HJ, Urbach H. Morphometric MRI Analysis: Improved Detection of Focal Cortical Dysplasia Using the MP2RAGE Sequence. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:1009-1014. [PMID: 32499249 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Focal cortical dysplasias are the most common resected epileptogenic lesions in children and the third most common lesion in adults, but they are often subtle and frequently overlooked on MR imaging. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether MP2RAGE-based morphometric MR imaging analysis is superior to MPRAGE-based analysis in the detection of focal cortical dysplasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS MPRAGE and MP2RAGE datasets were acquired in a consecutive series of 640 patients with epilepsy. Datasets were postprocessed using the Morphometric Analysis Program to generate morphometric z score maps such as junction, extension, and thickness images based on both MPRAGE and MP2RAGE images. Focal cortical dysplasia lesions were manually segmented in the junction images, and volumes and mean z scores of the lesions were measured. RESULTS Of 21 focal cortical dysplasias discovered, all were clearly visible on MP2RAGE junction images, whereas 2 were not visible on MPRAGE junction images. In all except 4 patients, the volume of the focal cortical dysplasia was larger and mean lesion z scores were higher on MP2RAGE junction images compared with the MPRAGE-based images (P = .005, P = .013). CONCLUSIONS In this study, MP2RAGE-based morphometric analysis created clearer output maps with larger lesion volumes and higher z scores than the MPRAGE-based analysis. This new approach may improve the detection of subtle, otherwise overlooked focal cortical dysplasia.
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- T Demerath
- From the Departments of Neuroradiology (T.D., L.R., R.S., C.K., H.U.)
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- From the Departments of Neuroradiology (T.D., L.R., R.S., C.K., H.U.)
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- From the Departments of Neuroradiology (T.D., L.R., R.S., C.K., H.U.)
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- Epileptology (A.S.-B., D.-M.A.), Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Epileptology (A.S.-B., D.-M.A.), Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- From the Departments of Neuroradiology (T.D., L.R., R.S., C.K., H.U.)
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology (T.K.), Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Epilepsy Clinic (H.-J.H.), Klinik Lengg AG, Zurich, Switzerland
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- From the Departments of Neuroradiology (T.D., L.R., R.S., C.K., H.U.)
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Vaneckova M, Klempir J, Pelclova D, Bezdicek O, Liskova I, Brozova H, Polakova K, Diblik P, Miovsky M, Hubacek J, Hlusicka J, Kotikova K, Ruzicka E, Seidl Z, Marechal B, Kober T, Zacharov S. The spectrum of brain MRI findings of methanol intoxication after the methanol affair in the Czech Republic. J Neurol Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.10.1525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Beaumont J, Saint-Jalmes H, Acosta O, Kober T, Tanner M, Ferré JC, Salvado O, Fripp J, Gambarota G. Multi T1-weighted contrast MRI with fluid and white matter suppression at 1.5 T. Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 63:217-225. [PMID: 31425812 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The fluid and white matter suppression sequence (FLAWS) provides two T1-weighted co-registered datasets: a white matter (WM) suppressed contrast (FLAWS1) and a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) suppressed contrast (FLAWS2). FLAWS has the potential to improve the contrast of the subcortical brain regions that are important for Deep Brain Stimulation surgery planning. However, to date FLAWS has not been optimized for 1.5 T. In this study, the FLAWS sequence was optimized for use at 1.5 T. In addition, the contrast-enhancement properties of FLAWS image combinations were investigated using two voxel-wise FLAWS combined images: the division (FLAWS-div) and the high contrast (FLAWS-hc) image. METHODS FLAWS sequence parameters were optimized for 1.5 T imaging using an approach based on the use of a profit function under constraints for brain tissue signal and contrast maximization. MR experiments were performed on eleven healthy volunteers (age 18-30). Contrast (CN) and contrast to noise ratio (CNR) between brain tissues were measured in each volunteer. Furthermore, a qualitative assessment was performed to ensure that the separation between the internal globus pallidus (GPi) and the external globus pallidus (GPe) is identifiable in FLAWS1. RESULTS The optimized set of sequence parameters for FLAWS at 1.5 T provided contrasts similar to those obtained in a previous study at 3 T. The separation between the GPi and the GPe was clearly identified in FLAWS1. The CN of FLAWS-hc was higher than that of FLAWS1 and FLAWS2, but was not different from the CN of FLAWS-div. The CNR of FLAWS-hc was higher than that of FLAWS-div. CONCLUSION Both qualitative and quantitative assessments validated the optimization of the FLAWS sequence at 1.5 T. Quantitative assessments also showed that FLAWS-hc provides an enhanced contrast compared to FLAWS1 and FLAWS2, with a higher CNR than FLAWS-div.
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- J Beaumont
- Univ Rennes, CLCC Eugène Marquis, Inserm, LTSI-UMR1099, F-35000 Rennes, France; CSIRO, the Australian eHealth Research Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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- Univ Rennes, CLCC Eugène Marquis, Inserm, LTSI-UMR1099, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CLCC Eugène Marquis, Inserm, LTSI-UMR1099, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; LTS5, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Invicro, A Konica Minolta Company, London, UK
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- Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, INSERM, IRISA, VISAGES ERL U-1228, F-35000 Rennes, France; CHU Rennes, Department of Neuroradiology, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- CSIRO, Data61, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- CSIRO, the Australian eHealth Research Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Univ Rennes, CLCC Eugène Marquis, Inserm, LTSI-UMR1099, F-35000 Rennes, France
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Bonnier G, Fischi-Gomez E, Roche A, Hilbert T, Kober T, Krueger G, Granziera C. Personalized pathology maps to quantify diffuse and focal brain damage. Neuroimage Clin 2018; 21:101607. [PMID: 30502080 PMCID: PMC6413479 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Background and objectives Quantitative MRI (qMRI) permits the quantification of brain changes compatible with inflammation, degeneration and repair in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. In this study, we propose a new method to provide personalized maps of tissue alterations and longitudinal brain changes based on different qMRI metrics, which provide complementary information about brain pathology. Methods We performed baseline and two-years follow-up on (i) 13 relapsing-remitting MS patients and (ii) four healthy controls. A group consisting of up to 65 healthy controls was used to compute the reference distribution of qMRI metrics in healthy tissue. All subjects underwent 3T MRI examinations including T1, T2, T2* relaxation and Magnetization Transfer Ratio (MTR) imaging. We used a recent partial volume estimation algorithm to estimate the concentration of different brain tissue types on T1 maps; then, we computed a deviation map (z-score map) for each contrast at both time-points. Finally, we subtracted those deviation maps only for voxels showing a significant difference with healthy tissue in one of the time points, to obtain a difference map for each subject. Results and conclusion Control subjects did not show any significant z-score deviations or longitudinal z-score changes. On the other hand, MS patients showed brain regions with cross-sectional and longitudinal concomitant increase in T1, T2, T2* z-scores and decrease of MTR z-scores, suggesting brain tissue degeneration/loss. In the lesion periphery, we observed areas with cross-sectional and longitudinal decreased T1/T2 and slight decrease in T2* most likely related to iron accumulation. Moreover, we measured longitudinal decrease in T1, T2 - and to a lesser extent in T2* - as well as a concomitant increase in MTR, suggesting remyelination/repair. In summary, we have developed a method that provides whole-brain personalized maps of cross-sectional and longitudinal changes in MS patients, which are computed in patient space. These maps may open new perspectives to complement and support radiological evaluation of brain damage for a given patient.
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- G Bonnier
- MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States
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- MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States; Signal Processing Laboratory 5 (LTS5), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology (HC CEMEA SUI DI PI), Siemens Healthcare AG, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Signal Processing Laboratory 5 (LTS5), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology (HC CEMEA SUI DI PI), Siemens Healthcare AG, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Signal Processing Laboratory 5 (LTS5), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology (HC CEMEA SUI DI PI), Siemens Healthcare AG, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Signal Processing Laboratory 5 (LTS5), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Siemens Healthcare AG (HC CEMEA DI), Zürich, Switzerland
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- MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States; Neurologic Clinic and Policlinic, Departments of Medicine, Clinical Research and Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Translational Imaging in Neurology (ThINk) Basel, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Beck ES, Sati P, Sethi V, Kober T, Dewey B, Bhargava P, Nair G, Cortese IC, Reich DS. Improved Visualization of Cortical Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Using 7T MP2RAGE. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018; 39:459-466. [PMID: 29439120 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cortical lesions are common and often extensive in multiple sclerosis but are difficult to visualize by MRI, leaving important questions about their clinical implications and response to therapy unanswered. Our aim was to determine whether cortical lesions are better visualized using magnetization prepared 2 rapid acquisition gradient echoes (MP2RAGE) than T2*-weighted imaging on 7T MR imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS Brain MR imaging using T1-weighted MP2RAGE at 500-μm isotropic resolution, T2*-weighted gradient-echo, and T2*-weighted segmented echo-planar imaging sequences were collected for 13 patients with MS and 5 age-matched neurologically healthy controls on a 7T research system. One MS case underwent postmortem MR imaging including gradient-echo and MP2RAGE sequences, after which cortical lesions seen on MR imaging were assessed with immunohistochemistry. RESULTS MP2RAGE detected 203 cortical lesions (median, 16 lesions/case; interquartile range, 15), compared to 92 with T2*gradient-echo (median, 7; interquartile range, 8; P < .001) and 81 with T2*EPI (median, 7; interquartile range, 5; P < .001). This increase in lesion number detected on MP2RAGE versus T2* was observed for juxtacortical, leukocortical, and intracortical lesions. Forty-three percent of all cortical lesions were identified only on MP2RAGE. White matter lesion volume correlated with total juxtacortical (r = 0.86, P < .001) and leukocortical lesion volume (r = 0.70, P < .01) but not intracortical lesion volume, suggesting that pathophysiology may differ by lesion type. Of 4 suspected lesions seen on postmortem imaging, 3 were found to be true cortical lesions while 1 represented postmortem tissue damage. CONCLUSIONS A combination of MP2RAGE and T2*-weighted imaging at 7T improved detection of cortical lesions and should enable longitudinal studies to elucidate their spatiotemporal dynamics and clinical implications.
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- E S Beck
- From the Translational Neuroradiology Section (E.S.B., P.S., V.S., B.D., G.N., D.S.R.)
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- From the Translational Neuroradiology Section (E.S.B., P.S., V.S., B.D., G.N., D.S.R.)
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- From the Translational Neuroradiology Section (E.S.B., P.S., V.S., B.D., G.N., D.S.R.)
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology Group (T.K.), Siemens Healthcare Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Radiology (T.K.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.,LTS5, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (T.K.), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- From the Translational Neuroradiology Section (E.S.B., P.S., V.S., B.D., G.N., D.S.R.)
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- Department of Neurology (P.B.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- From the Translational Neuroradiology Section (E.S.B., P.S., V.S., B.D., G.N., D.S.R.)
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- Neuroimmunology Clinic (I.C.C.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- From the Translational Neuroradiology Section (E.S.B., P.S., V.S., B.D., G.N., D.S.R.)
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Roche A, Maréchal B, Kober T, Henry H, von Gunten A, Meuli R, Popp J. A volume-based automated morphometry tool for the prediction of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease pathology in older subjects. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.2180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Schneider J, Kober T, Bickle Graz M, Meuli R, Hüppi PS, Hagmann P, Truttmann AC. Evolution of T1 Relaxation, ADC, and Fractional Anisotropy during Early Brain Maturation: A Serial Imaging Study on Preterm Infants. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2015; 37:155-62. [PMID: 26494693 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a4510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The alteration of brain maturation in preterm infants contributes to neurodevelopmental disabilities during childhood. Serial imaging allows understanding of the mechanisms leading to dysmaturation in the preterm brain. The purpose of the present study was to provide reference quantitative MR imaging measures across time in preterm infants, by using ADC, fractional anisotropy, and T1 maps obtained by using the magnetization-prepared dual rapid acquisition of gradient echo technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS We included preterm neonates born at <30 weeks of gestational age without major brain lesions on early cranial sonography and performed 3 MRIs (3T) from birth to term-equivalent age. Multiple measurements (ADC, fractional anisotropy, and T1 relaxation) were performed on each examination in 12 defined white and gray matter ROIs. RESULTS We acquired 107 MRIs (35 early, 33 intermediary, and 39 at term-equivalent age) in 39 cerebral low-risk preterm infants. Measures of T1 relaxation time showed a gradual and significant decrease with time in a region- and hemispheric-specific manner. ADC values showed a similar decline with time, but with more variability than T1 relaxation. An increase of fractional anisotropy values was observed in WM regions and inversely a decrease in the cortex. CONCLUSIONS The gradual change with time reflects the progressive maturation of the cerebral microstructure in white and gray matter. Our study provides reference trajectories from 25 to 40 weeks of gestation of T1 relaxation, ADC, and fractional anisotropy values in low-risk preterm infants. We speculate that deviation thereof might reflect disturbed cerebral maturation; the correlation of this disturbed maturation with neurodevelopmental outcome remains to be addressed.
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- J Schneider
- From the Clinic of Neonatology and Follow-up (J.S., M.B.G., A.C.T.), Department of Pediatrics
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- Department of Radiology (T.K., R.M., P.H.), University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology (T.K.), Siemens Healthcare IM BM PI, Lausanne, Switzerland LTS5 (T.K.), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- From the Clinic of Neonatology and Follow-up (J.S., M.B.G., A.C.T.), Department of Pediatrics
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- Department of Radiology (T.K., R.M., P.H.), University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Development and Growth (P.S.H.), Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology (T.K., R.M., P.H.), University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- From the Clinic of Neonatology and Follow-up (J.S., M.B.G., A.C.T.), Department of Pediatrics
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Glynn J, Fortes P, Krook-Riekkola A, Labriet M, Vielle M, Kypreos S, Lehtilä A, Mischke P, Dai H, Gargiulo M, Helgesen PI, Kober T, Summerton P, Merven B, Selosse S, Karlsson K, Strachan N, Ó Gallachóir B. Economic Impacts of Future Changes in the Energy System—National Perspectives. Lecture Notes in Energy 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16540-0_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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van der Zwaag W, Marques JP, Kober T, Glover G, Gruetter R, Krueger G. Temporal SNR characteristics in segmented 3D-EPI at 7T. Magn Reson Med 2011; 67:344-52. [PMID: 21656557 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Revised: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 04/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Three-dimensional segmented echo planar imaging (3D-EPI) is a promising approach for high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging, as it provides an increased signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at similar temporal resolution to traditional multislice 2D-EPI readouts. Recently, the 3D-EPI technique has become more frequently used and it is important to better understand its implications for fMRI. In this study, the temporal SNR characteristics of 3D-EPI with varying numbers of segments are studied. It is shown that, in humans, the temporal variance increases with the number of segments used to form the EPI acquisition and that for segmented acquisitions, the maximum available temporal SNR is reduced compared to single shot acquisitions. This reduction with increased segmentation is not found in phantom data and thus likely due to physiological processes. When operating in the thermal noise dominated regime, fMRI experiments with a motor task revealed that the 3D variant outperforms the 2D-EPI in terms of temporal SNR and sensitivity to detect activated brain regions. Thus, the theoretical SNR advantage of a segmented 3D-EPI sequence for fMRI only exists in a low SNR situation. However, other advantages of 3D-EPI, such as the application of parallel imaging techniques in two dimensions and the low specific absorption rate requirements, may encourage the use of the 3D-EPI sequence for fMRI in situations with higher SNR.
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- W van der Zwaag
- Laboratory for Functional and Metabolic Imaging, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Ramírez A, Hoefnagels R, van den Broek M, Strachan N, Fidje A, Espegren K, Seljom P, Blesl M, Kober T, Grohnheit PE, Lüthje M. A Comparison of national CCS strategies for Northwest Europe, with a focus on the potential of common CO2 storage at the Utsira formation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Schulz H, Bohlius J, Skoetz N, Trelle S, Kober T, Reiser M, Dreyling M, Herold M, Schwarzer G, Hallek M, Engert A. Chemotherapy plus Rituximab versus chemotherapy alone for B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007; 2007:CD003805. [PMID: 17943799 PMCID: PMC9017066 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003805.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rituximab has been shown to improve response rates and progression free survival when added to chemotherapy in patients with indolent and mantle cell lymphoma. However, the impact of R on overall survival (OS) when given in combination with chemotherapy (R-chemo) has remained unclear so far. OBJECTIVES We thus performed a comprehensive systematic review in this group of patients to compare R-chemo with chemotherapy alone with respect to OS. Other endpoints were overall response rate (ORR), toxicity and disease control as assessed by measures such as time to treatment failure (TTF), event free-survival (EFS), progression free-survival (PFS) and time to progression (TTP). SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library), MEDLINE, EMBASE and conference proceeding from 1990 to 2005. SELECTION CRITERIA Only randomised controlled trials (RCT) comparing R-chemo with chemotherapy alone in patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed indolent lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) were included. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors extracted data and assessed the study quality. Number needed to treat (NNT) were calculated to facilitate interpretation. MAIN RESULTS Seven randomised controlled trials involving 1943 patients with follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma, or other indolent lymphomas were included in the meta-analysis. Five studies were published as full-text articles, and two were in abstract form. Patients treated with R-chemo had better overall survival (hazard ratio [HR] for mortality 0.65; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.54 to 0.78), overall response (relative risk of tumour response 1.21; 95% CI 1.16 to 1.27), and disease control (HR of disease event 0.62; 95% CI 0.55 to 0.71) than patients treated with chemotherapy alone. R-chemo improved overall survival in patients with follicular lymphoma (HR for mortality 0.63; 95% CI 0.51 to 0.79) and in patients with mantle cell lymphoma (HR for mortality 0.60; 95% CI 0.37 to 0.98). However, in the latter case, there was heterogeneity among the trials (P 0.07), making the survival benefit less reliable. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS The systematic review demonstrated improved OS for patients with indolent lymphoma, particularly in the subgroups of follicular and in mantle cell lymphoma when treated with R-chemo compared to chemotherapy alone.
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- H Schulz
- Univerisity Hospital Cologne, Cochrane Haematological Malignancies Group - Department of Internal Medicine 1, Kerpener Str 62, Köln (Cologne), Germany, D 50924.
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Kober T. Cancer control in Australia. A public health perspective. Aust Fam Physician 1997; 26:1009, 1011. [PMID: 9382712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Kober T, Sanson-Fisher R, Paul C. Australian public cancer information messages in 1996. How well do the messengers agree? Eur J Cancer 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(97)86299-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kober T. The Australian Cancer Network--a strategy to improve cancer health outcomes. AUST HEALTH REV 1995; 19:113-24. [PMID: 10159214 DOI: 10.1071/ah960113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cancer control in Australia has become a major social priority because of the increasing impact of cancer on providers and users of health care. In recognition of this situation there is now an increased response by government agencies, nongovernment organisations, health planners, and the community at large to focus on cancer as part of a National Health Goals and Targets Strategy for better health outcomes in the next century. The following paper explores how the Australian Cancer Network effectively contributes to a national cancer control strategy.
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Kober T. Developments in treatment of metastatic melanoma. Aust Fam Physician 1995; 24:1966. [PMID: 8546628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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