Publications by authors named "Markus Loose"

Image templates are a common tool for neuroscience research. Often, they are used for spatial normalization of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, which is a necessary procedure for analyzing brain morphology and function via voxel-based analysis. This allows the researcher to reduce individual shape differences across images and make inferences across multiple subjects.

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Objective: Genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE) is characterized by aberrant neuronal dynamics and subtle structural alterations. We evaluated whether a combination of magnetic and electrical neuronal signals and cortical thickness would provide complementary information about network pathology in GGE. We also investigated whether these imaging phenotypes were present in healthy siblings of the patients to test for genetic influence.

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The compact thermal imager (CTI) is a dual-band, strained-layer-superlattice (SLS) detector-based instrument that was installed on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) in conjunction with the third Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3) in 2018. The CTI serves as a pathfinder for future thermal infrared capability on Landsat. The CTI incorporates an SLS hybrid, a dual-band 3-5 and 8-10 μm, electrically switchable, 320×256 array with 30   pixels, bonded to an Indigo ISC0903 Readout Integrated Circuit (ROIC).

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Objective: This is an observational study on well-being and end-of-life preferences in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the locked-in state (LIS) in a Polish sample within the EU Joint Programme-Neurodegenerative Disease Research study NEEDSinALS (NEEDSinALS.com).

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, patients with ALS in LIS (n = 19) were interviewed on well-being (quality of life, depression) as a measure of psychosocial adaptation, coping mechanisms, and preferences towards life-sustaining treatments (ventilation, percutaneous endoscopic gastroscopy) and hastened death.

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Sequential spread of TDP-43 load in the brain may be a pathological characteristic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based marker of this pathological feature. Cognitive deficits known to be present in a subset of ALS patients might act as an additional in vivo clinical marker of disease spread.

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Cognitive deficits, especially in the domains of social cognition and executive function including verbal fluency, are common in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. There is yet sparse understanding of pathogenesis of the underlying, possibly adaptive, cortical patterns. To address this issue, 65 patients with ALS and 33 age-, gender- and education-matched healthy controls were tested on cognitive and behavioral deficits with the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS).

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The Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS) has been developed to assess cognition and behaviour in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Cognitive impairments of ALS-specific and ALS-non-specific functions can be determined using cut-off scores based on performance of healthy subjects. However, detailed analyses show that older healthy subjects perform worse than younger ones, whereas highly-educated individuals perform better than those with lower education levels.

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Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-hybrid arrays have become competitive optical detectors for use in ground- and space-based astronomy. Interpixel capacitance (IPC) is one source of error that appears in most CMOS arrays. In this paper, we use a single-pixel-reset method to model IPC.

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