Development of a shared multimodal MRI protocol for the definition and quantification of imaging biomarkers in AD, DLB, FDT dementias, especially white matter alterations.
Development of a shared multimodal MRI protocol for the definition and quantification of imaging biomarkers in AD, DLB, FDT dementias, especially white matter alterations.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
400
All participants will undergo an MRI session. The MRI protocol will include the clinical diagnostic protocol defined within the Network and research sequences as specified above (T1 3D, DTI, FLAIR 3D, QSM).
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo"
Messina, Italy
Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM), Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) - Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR)
The main endpoint is the characterization of white matter alterations in different forms of dementing diseases through the combined study of MRI sequences. Specifically, we correlate Voxel Based Morphometry indices, DTI quantifcation and lesions volume with MMSE and MOCA scores.
Time frame: during MRI procedure
FLAIR, QSM, DWI (DTI) for white matter study
Quantitative analysis of FLAIR, QSM, DWI (DTI) for white matter evaluation ES2. Characterization of white matter alterations which will also take place through the quantification of: * microstructure and macrostructure values of the white matter through diffusion techniques (including DTI) * white matter lesions through post-processing algorithms (14) applied to the FLAIR sequence; * magnetic susceptibility in the white matter and in particular in myelin (15), through the QSM technique; ES3. Definition of an automatic single-case multimodal algorithm (MUQUBIA) for the quantification and classification of subjects with alterations of the white matter (as emerged from MRI data) useful for doctors in the Network. ES4. Evaluation of variables of interest emerging from MRI analyzes in relation to clinical and neuropsychological variables
Time frame: during MRI procedureRMN date examination
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