Improved MR Detection of Optic Nerve Demyelination With MP2RAGE-FLAWS Compared With T2-Weighted Fat-Saturated Sequences.

Objectives: Nonenhanced T1-w sequences such as magnetization-prepared 2 rapid acquisition gradient echo (MP2RAGE) and derived fluid and white matter suppression (FLAWS) have demonstrated high performance for detecting brain parenchymal and cervical spine demyelinating lesions in multiple sclerosis. However, their potential for identifying optic nerve (ON) demyelination remains unexplored. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of compressed sensing-accelerated (CS) MP2RAGE-FLAWS imaging for detection of ON demyelination lesions compared with T2-w fat-saturated (FS) TSE imaging in a clinical setting.

Improved detection of juxtacortical lesions using highly accelerated double inversion-recovery MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare a highly-accelerated double inversion recovery (fast-DIR) sequence using a recent parallel imaging technique (CAIPIRINHA) with a conventional DIR (conv-DIR) sequence for image quality and the detection of juxtacortical and infratentorial multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions.

Materials And Methods: A total of 38 patients with MS who underwent brain MRI at 3 T between 2020 and 2021 were included. There were 27 women and 12 men with a mean age of 40 ± 12.

Accurate Diagnosis of Cortical and Infratentorial Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Using Accelerated Fluid and White Matter Suppression Imaging.

Objectives: The precise location of multiple sclerosis (MS) cortical lesions can be very challenging at 3 T, yet distinguishing them from subcortical lesions is essential for the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. Compressed sensing-accelerated fluid and white matter suppression imaging (CS-FLAWS) is a new magnetic resonance imaging sequence derived from magnetization-prepared 2 rapid acquisition gradient echo with promising features for the detection and classification of MS lesions. The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic performances of CS-FLAWS (evaluated imaging) and phase sensitive inversion recovery (PSIR; reference imaging) for classification of cortical lesions (primary objective) and infratentorial lesions (secondary objective) in MS, in combination with 3-dimensional (3D) double inversion recovery (DIR).

Broadening the spectrum of the neurological complications in systemic lupus erythematosus: A patient with meningoradiculitis.

Background: Neurological complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are wide and may rarely involve the peripheral nervous system. However, no case of meningoradiculitis has been well-detailed.

Methods: We report a patient with lupus-associated meningoradiculitis.

Data-based algorithms and models using diabetics real data for blood glucose and hypoglycaemia prediction - A systematic literature review.

Background And Aim: Hypoglycaemia prediction play an important role in diabetes management being able to reduce the number of dangerous situations. Thus, it is relevant to present a systematic review on the currently available prediction algorithms and models for hypoglycaemia (or hypoglycemia in US English) prediction.

Methods: This study aims to systematically review the literature on data-based algorithms and models using diabetics real data for hypoglycaemia prediction.

Angiofibrolipoma of Posterior Mediastinum with Transforaminal Extension.

Angiofibrolipoma is a histological variant of lipoma, which commonly occurs in subcutaneous tissues. In the present report we illustrate the case of an angiofibrolipoma of the posterior upper mediastinum in a 75-year-old man presented with progressive chest pain. Xray chest showed a homogeneous opacity vertically oriented along the right lateral aspect of thoracic vertebrae with an obtuse angle to the mediastinum.