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Dr STEFAN PSZCZOLKOWSKI PARRAGUEZ's Outputs (9)

Generalising XTRACT tractography protocols across common macaque brain templates (2024)
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Assimopoulos, S., Warrington, S., Bryant, K. L., Pszczolkowski, S., Jbabdi, S., Mars, R. B., & Sotiropoulos, S. N. (2024). Generalising XTRACT tractography protocols across common macaque brain templates. Brain Structure and Function, 229, 1873-1888. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-024-02760-0

Non-human primates are extensively used in neuroscience research as models of the human brain, with the rhesus macaque being a prominent example. We have previously introduced a set of tractography protocols (XTRACT) for reconstructing 42 correspondi... Read More about Generalising XTRACT tractography protocols across common macaque brain templates.

Semantic Segmentation of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, and Associated Edema on CT Images Using Deep Learning (2022)
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Kok, Y. E., Pszczolkowski, S., Law, Z. K., Ali, A., Krishnan, K., Bath, P., Sprigg, N., Dineen, R. A., & French, A. P. (2022). Semantic Segmentation of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, and Associated Edema on CT Images Using Deep Learning. Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, 4(6), https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.220096

This study evaluated deep learning algorithms for semantic segmentation and quantification of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), perihematomal edema (PHE), and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) on noncontrast CT scans of patients with spontaneous ICH. M... Read More about Semantic Segmentation of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, and Associated Edema on CT Images Using Deep Learning.

Effect of Tranexamic Acid Administration on Remote Cerebral Ischemic Lesions in Acute Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Substudy of a Randomized Clinical Trial (2022)
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Pszczolkowski, S., Sprigg, N., Woodhouse, L. J., Gallagher, R., Swienton, D., Law, Z. K., Casado, A. M., Roberts, I., Werring, D. J., Al-Shahi Salman, R., England, T. J., Morgan, P. S., Bath, P. M., & Dineen, R. A. (2022). Effect of Tranexamic Acid Administration on Remote Cerebral Ischemic Lesions in Acute Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Substudy of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurology, 79(5), 468-477. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0217

Importance: Hyperintense foci on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) that are spatially remote from the acute hematoma occur in 20% of people with acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Tranexamic acid, a hemostatic agent that is under invest... Read More about Effect of Tranexamic Acid Administration on Remote Cerebral Ischemic Lesions in Acute Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Substudy of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Connectivity-Guided Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Versus Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Moderate to Severe Depression: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol and SARS-CoV-2–Induced Changes for a Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial (2022)
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Pszczolkowski, S., Cottam, W. J., Briley, P. M., Iwabuchi, S. J., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Shalabi, A., Babourina-Brooks, B., Berrington, A., Barber, S., Paola, A. S. D., Blamire, A., McAllister-Williams, H., Parikh, J., Abdelghani, M., Matthäus, L., Hauffe, R., Liddle, P., Auer, D. P., & Morriss, R. (2022). Connectivity-Guided Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Versus Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Moderate to Severe Depression: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol and SARS-CoV-2–Induced Changes for a Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(1), Article e31925. https://doi.org/10.2196/31925

Background: Depression is a substantial health and economic burden. In approximately one-third of patients, depression is resistant to first-line treatment; therefore, it is essential to find alternative treatments. Transcranial magnetic stimulation... Read More about Connectivity-Guided Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Versus Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Moderate to Severe Depression: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol and SARS-CoV-2–Induced Changes for a Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial.

Quantitative CT radiomics-based models for prediction of haematoma expansion and poor functional outcome in primary intracerebral haemorrhage (2021)
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Pszczolkowski, S., Manzano-Patron, J. P., Law, Z. K., Krishnan, K., Ali, A., Bath, P. M., Sprigg, N., & Dineen, R. A. (2021). Quantitative CT radiomics-based models for prediction of haematoma expansion and poor functional outcome in primary intracerebral haemorrhage. European Radiology, 31, 7945-7959. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-07826-9

Objectives
To test radiomics-based features extracted from noncontrast CT of patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage for prediction of haematoma expansion and poor functional outcome and compare them with radiological signs and clinical... Read More about Quantitative CT radiomics-based models for prediction of haematoma expansion and poor functional outcome in primary intracerebral haemorrhage.

Accumulation of Brain Hypointense Foci on Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging in Childhood Ataxia Telangiectasia (2021)
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Dineen, R. A., Blanchard, C. C., Pszczolkowski, S., Paine, S., Prasad, M., Chow, G., Whitehouse, W. P., & Auer, D. P. (2021). Accumulation of Brain Hypointense Foci on Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging in Childhood Ataxia Telangiectasia. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 42(6), 1144-1150. https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.a7107

Background and Purpose
Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) hypointense cerebral lesions have been reported in adults with the inherited cerebellar neurodegenerative disorder ataxia telangiectasia (A-T). This study aims to establish the prevalence... Read More about Accumulation of Brain Hypointense Foci on Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging in Childhood Ataxia Telangiectasia.

Connectivity guided theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant moderate to severe depression: study protocol for a randomised double-blind controlled trial (BRIGhTMIND) (2020)
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Morriss, R., Webster, L., Abdelghani, M., Auer, D., Barber, S., Bates, P., Blamire, A., Briley, P. M., Brookes, C., Iwabuchi, S., James, M., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Lankappa, S., Liddle, P., McAllister-Williams, H., O’Neill-Kerr, A., Pszczolkowski Parraguez, S., Suazo Di Paola, A., Thomson, L., & Walters, Y. (2020). Connectivity guided theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant moderate to severe depression: study protocol for a randomised double-blind controlled trial (BRIGhTMIND). BMJ Open, 10(7), Article e038430. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038430

Introduction The BRIGhTMIND study aims to determine the clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and mechanism of action of connectivity guided intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (cgiTBS) versus standard repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulati... Read More about Connectivity guided theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant moderate to severe depression: study protocol for a randomised double-blind controlled trial (BRIGhTMIND).

Multiparametric cerebellar imaging and clinical phenotype in childhood ataxia telangiectasia (2019)
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Dineen, R. A., Raschke, F., McGlashan, H. L., Pszczolkowski, S., Hack, L., Cooper, A. D., Prasad, M., Chow, G., Whitehouse, W. P., & Auer, D. P. (2020). Multiparametric cerebellar imaging and clinical phenotype in childhood ataxia telangiectasia. NeuroImage: Clinical, 25, Article 102110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102110

Background
Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) is an inherited multisystem disorder with cerebellar neurodegeneration. The relationships between imaging metrics of cerebellar health and neurological function across childhood in A-T are unknown, but may be i... Read More about Multiparametric cerebellar imaging and clinical phenotype in childhood ataxia telangiectasia.

Does tranexamic acid lead to changes in MRI-measures of brain tissue health in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage? An MRI sub-study nested within the double-blind randomised controlled TICH-2 trial (2018)
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Dineen, R. A., Pszczolkowski, S., Flaherty, K., Law, Z. K., Morgan, P. S., Roberts, I., Werring, D., Al-Shahi Salman, R., England, T. J., Bath, P. M., & Sprigg, N. (in press). Does tranexamic acid lead to changes in MRI-measures of brain tissue health in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage? An MRI sub-study nested within the double-blind randomised controlled TICH-2 trial. BMJ Open, 8(2), Article e019930. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019930

Objectives: To test whether administration of the antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid (TXA) in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (SICH) leads to increased prevalence of diffusion-weighted MRI defined hyperintense ischaemic lesions... Read More about Does tranexamic acid lead to changes in MRI-measures of brain tissue health in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage? An MRI sub-study nested within the double-blind randomised controlled TICH-2 trial.