Neuroradiology Archives - Neurology Advisor

MRI for Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Abnormalities in Type 2 Diabetes

By

Amit Akirov, MD

December 2, 2020

Lower extremity MRI, including diffusion-tensor imaging, may provide valuable information on skeletal muscle abnormalities in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Vascular Neurology

Acute Stroke Among Neuroimaging Findings in Patients With COVID-19

By

Amit Akirov, MD

June 11, 2020

While neuroimaging is not frequently performed in patients with COVID-19, acute stroke is the most common COVID-19–related neuroimaging finding.

Pediatric Neurology

Prevalence of Brain Lesions on MRI in Girls With Central Precocious Puberty

By

Amit Akirov, MD

June 8, 2020

Pathological brain lesions are not common on MRI in girls with central precocious puberty in the absence of signs or symptoms of CNS lesions.

Pediatric Neurology

Diffusion Imaging Reveals Microstructural Differences in Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome

May 26, 2020

Children with PANS have cerebral microstructural differences in multiple brain structures, including the deep gray matter structures.

General Neurology

Use of Imaging to Assess Stroke Decreased in Early COVID-19 Epoch

May 22, 2020

From a prepandemic to early-pandemic epoch, there was a decrease in the amount of unique patients who underwent imaging for the evaluation of stroke.

General Neurology

Abnormalities Detected on Brain MRI of Patients With COVID-19 in ICU

May 21, 2020

Among patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in the ICU with neurological symptoms, 44 percent of those undergoing MRI have acute findings.

Neurocognitive Disorders

MRI-Based Small Vessel Disease Score Predicts Risk for Dementia

By

Amit Akirov, MD

March 24, 2020

A simple SVD score using MRI scans, may aid in identifying patients with SVD who are likely to develop cognitive decline.

Pain

Neuroimaging Used to Identify Ethnic Differences in Pain Response

March 19, 2020

Researchers find that racial differences in pain may be rooted in life experience, rather than intrinsic biology.

Movement Disorders

Iron Deposition Provides Cognitive Clues in Patients With Parkinson Disease

By

Alyssa Capel

March 18, 2020

Up to half of patients with Parkinson disease are also diagnosed with dementia, but tools to track changes in cognition are lacking.

Neuromuscular Disorders

Several Lower Extremity MR Biomarkers Predict Future Ambulatory Function in Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

By

Brandon May

March 16, 2020

Several magnetic resonance biomarkers from the lower extremities may be predictive of future ambulatory function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.