Advanced MRI


Taheri K, Vavasour IM, Abel S, Lee LE, Johnson P, Ristow S, Tam R, Laule C, Ackermans NC, Schabas A, Cross H, Chan JK, Sayao AL, Bhan V, Devonshire V, Carruthers R, Li DK, Traboulsee AL, Kolind SH, Dvorak AV. Cervical Spinal Cord Atrophy can be Accurately Quantified Using Head Images. Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2022 Jan 7;8(1):20552173211070760

Lee LE, Vavasour IM, Dvorak A, Liu H, Abel S, Johnson P, Ristow S, Au S, Laule C, Tam R, Li DK, Cross H, Ackermans N, Schabas AJ, Chan J, Sayao AL, Devonshire V, Carruthers R, Traboulsee A, Kolind S. Cervical cord myelin abnormality is associated with clinical disability in multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2021 Mar 22:13524585211001780.

Dvorak AV, Ljungberg E, Vavasour IM, Lee LE, Abel S, Li DKB, Traboulsee A, MacKay AL, Kolind SH. Comparison of multi echo T 2 relaxation and steady state approaches for myelin imaging in the central nervous system. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 14;11(1):1369.

Dvorak AV, Swift-LaPointe T, Vavasour IM, Lee LE, Abel S, Russell-Schulz B, Graf C, Wurl A, Liu H, Laule C, Li DKB, Traboulsee A, Tam R, Boyd LA, MacKay AL, Kolind SH. An atlas for human brain myelin content throughout the adult life span. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 11;11(1):269.

Dvorak AV, Wiggermann V, Gilbert G, Vavasour IM, MacMillan EL, Barlow L, Wiley N, Kozlowski P, MacKay AL, Rauscher A, Kolind SH. Multi-spin echo T 2 relaxation imaging with compressed sensing (METRICS) for rapid myelin water imaging. Magn Reson Med. 2020 Sep;84(3):1264-1279.

Abel S, Vavasour I, Lee LE, Johnson P, Ristow S, Ackermans N, Chan J, Cross H, Laule C, Dvorak A, Schabas A, Hernández-Torres E, Tam R, Kuan AJ, Morrow SA, Wilken J, Rauscher A, Bhan V, Sayao AL, Devonshire V, Li DKB, Carruthers R, Traboulsee A, Kolind SH. Associations Between Findings From Myelin Water Imaging and Cognitive Performance Among Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Sep 1;3(9):e2014220

Abel S, Vavasour I, Lee LE, Johnson P, Ackermans N, Chan J, Dvorak A, Schabas A, Wiggermann V, Tam R, Kuan AJ, Morrow SA, Wilken J, Laule C, Rauscher A, Bhan V, Sayao AL, Devonshire V, Li DK, Carruthers R, Traboulsee A, Kolind SH. Myelin Damage in Normal Appearing White Matter Contributes to Impaired Cognitive Processing Speed in Multiple Sclerosis. J Neuroimaging. 2020 Mar;30(2):205-211.

Dvorak AV, Ljungberg E, Vavasour IM, Liu H, Johnson P, Rauscher A, Kramer JLK, Tam R, Li DKB, Laule C, Barlow L, Briemberg H, MacKay AL, Traboulsee A, Kozlowski P, Cashman N, Kolind SH. Rapid myelin water imaging for the assessment of cervical spinal cord myelin damage. Neuroimage Clin. 2019 June 17; 23:101896.

Wiggermann V, Lapointe E, Litvin L, Graf C, Hernández-Torres E, McKenzie M, Vavasour IM, Laule C, MacMillan EL, Li DKB, Kolind SH, Rauscher A, Traboulsee AL. Longitudinal advanced MRI case report of white matter radiation necrosis. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2018 Dec 10;6(2):379-385.

O’Muircheartaigh J, Vavasour I, Ljungberg E, Li DKB, Rauscher A, Levesque V, Garren H, Clayton D, Tam R, Traboulsee A, Kolind S. Quantitative neuroimaging measures of myelin in the healthy brain and in multiple sclerosis. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Jan 15.

Lee LE, Ljungberg E, Shin D, Figley CR, Vavasour IM, Rauscher A, Cohen-Adad J, Li DKB, Traboulsee AL, MacKay AL, Lee J, Kolind SH. Inter-Vendor Reproducibility of Myelin Water Imaging Using a 3D Gradient and Spin Echo Sequence. Front Neurosci. 2018 Nov 21;12:854. 

Vavasour IM, Tam R, Li DK, Laule C, Taylor C, Kolind SH, MacKay AL, Javed A, Traboulsee A. A 24-month advanced magnetic resonance imaging study of multiple sclerosis patients treated with alemtuzumab. Mult Scler. 2018 Apr 1:1352458518770085. 

Ljungberg E, Vavasour I, Tam R, Yoo Y, Rauscher A, Li DKB, Traboulsee A, MacKay A, Kolind S. Rapid myelin water imaging in human cervical spinal cord. Magn Reson Med. 2017 Oct;78(4):1482-1487.

Manogaran P, Vavasour IM, Lange AP, Zhao Y, McMullen K, Rauscher A, Carruthers R, Li DKB, Traboulsee AL, Kolind SH. Quantifying visual pathway axonal and myelin loss in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica. Neuroimage Clin. 2016 May 26;11:743-750. 

Yoo Y, Prasloski T, Vavasour I, MacKay A, Traboulsee AL, Li DK, Tam RC. Fast computation of myelin maps from MRI T₂ relaxation data using multicore CPU and graphics card parallelization. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2015 Mar;41(3):700-7.

Yoo Y, Tam R. Non-local spatial regularization of MRI T2 relaxation images for myelin water quantification. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2013;16(Pt 1):614-21.