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Deuterium brain imaging at 7T during D2O dosing (2022)
Journal Article
Cocking, D., Damion, R. A., Franks, H., Jaconelli, M., Wilkinson, D., Brook, M., …Bowtell, R. (2023). Deuterium brain imaging at 7T during D2O dosing. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 89(4), 1514-1521. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29539

Purpose To characterize the (2H) deuterium MR signal measured from human brain at 7T in participants loading with D2O to ˜1.5% enrichment over a six-week period. Methods 2H spectroscopy and imaging measurements were used to track the time-course... Read More about Deuterium brain imaging at 7T during D2O dosing.

Mapping brain endophenotypes associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis genetic risk (2022)
Journal Article
Mohammadi-Nejad, A. R., Allen, R. J., Kraven, L. M., Leavy, O. C., Jenkins, R. G., Wain, L. V., …Sotiropoulos, S. N. (2022). Mapping brain endophenotypes associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis genetic risk. EBioMedicine, 86, Article 104356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104356

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a serious disease of the lung parenchyma. It has a known polygenetic risk, with at least seventeen regions of the genome implicated to date. Growing evidence suggests linked multimorbidity of IPF wit... Read More about Mapping brain endophenotypes associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis genetic risk.

Chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: The potential contributions of synovitis, pain sensitization and pain catastrophizing—An explorative study (2022)
Journal Article
Kurien, T., Kerslake, R. W., Graven‐Nielsen, T., Arendt‐Nielsen, L., Auer, D. P., Edwards, K., …Petersen, K. K. (2022). Chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: The potential contributions of synovitis, pain sensitization and pain catastrophizing—An explorative study. European Journal of Pain, 26(9), 1979-1989. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2018

Background: A subset of osteoarthritis patients will experience chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but the source of pain is unclear. The aim of this exploratory study was to assess patients with and without postoperative... Read More about Chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: The potential contributions of synovitis, pain sensitization and pain catastrophizing—An explorative study.

Resting-state functional connectivity correlates of anxiety co-morbidity in major depressive disorder (2022)
Journal Article
Briley, P. M., Webster, L., Boutry, C., Cottam, W. J., Auer, D. P., Liddle, P. F., & Morriss, R. (2022). Resting-state functional connectivity correlates of anxiety co-morbidity in major depressive disorder. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 138, Article 104701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104701

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is frequently co-morbid with anxiety disorders. The co-morbid state has poorer functional outcomes and greater resistance to first line treatments, highlighting the need for novel treatment targets. This systematic rev... Read More about Resting-state functional connectivity correlates of anxiety co-morbidity in major depressive disorder.

Language systems from lesion-symptom mapping in aphasia: A meta-analysis of voxel-based lesion mapping studies (2022)
Journal Article
Na, Y., Jung, J. Y., Tench, C. R., Auer, D. P., & Pyun, S. B. (2022). Language systems from lesion-symptom mapping in aphasia: A meta-analysis of voxel-based lesion mapping studies. NeuroImage: Clinical, 35, Article 103038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103038

Background: Aphasia is one of the most common causes of post-stroke disabilities. As the symptoms and impact of post-stroke aphasia are heterogeneous, it is important to understand how topographical lesion heterogeneity in patients with aphasia is as... Read More about Language systems from lesion-symptom mapping in aphasia: A meta-analysis of voxel-based lesion mapping studies.

Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment (2022)
Journal Article
Meng, D., Mohammadi-Nejad, A. R., Sotiropoulos, S. N., & Auer, D. P. (2022). Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment. European Journal of Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15251

Background and purpose: Anticholinergic (AC) medication use is associated with cognitive decline and dementia, which may be related to an AC-induced central hypocholinergic state, but the exact mechanisms remain to be understood. We aimed to further... Read More about Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment.

Diagnostic utility of artificial intelligence for left ventricular scar identification using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging—A systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Jathanna, N., Podlasek, A., Sokol, A., Auer, D., Chen, X., & Jamil-Copley, S. (2021). Diagnostic utility of artificial intelligence for left ventricular scar identification using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging—A systematic review. Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal, 2(6), S21-S29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvdhj.2021.11.005

Background: Accurate, rapid quantification of ventricular scar using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) carries importance in arrhythmia management and patient prognosis. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied to other radiological chall... Read More about Diagnostic utility of artificial intelligence for left ventricular scar identification using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging—A systematic review.

A phase 1/2 study of thiotepa-based immunochemotherapy in relapsed/refractory primary CNS lymphoma: the TIER trial (2021)
Journal Article
Fox, C. P., Ali, A. S., McIlroy, G., Thust, S., Martinez-Calle, N., Jackson, A. E., …Cwynarski, K. (2021). A phase 1/2 study of thiotepa-based immunochemotherapy in relapsed/refractory primary CNS lymphoma: the TIER trial. Blood Advances, 5(20), 4073-4082. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004779

Relapsed or refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma (rrPCNSL) confers a poor prognosis with no accepted standard of care. Very few prospective studies have been conducted in this patient group. This study was a multicenter phase 1/2 study... Read More about A phase 1/2 study of thiotepa-based immunochemotherapy in relapsed/refractory primary CNS lymphoma: the TIER trial.

Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Kaji, F. A., Martinez‐Calle, N., Bishton, M. J., Figueroa, R., Adlington, J., O’Donoghue, M., …Fox, C. P. (2021). Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Haematology, 195(4), 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17747

Observational studies with long-term follow-up of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) are scarce. Patient data over a period of four decades were retrospectively analysed from databases at Not-tingham University Hospitals Tr... Read More about Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom.

Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG) (2021)
Journal Article
Barajas, R. F., Politi, L. S., Anzalone, N., Schöder, H., Fox, C. P., Boxerman, J. L., …Hu, L. S. (2021). Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG). Neuro-Oncology, 23(7), 1056-1071. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noab020

Advanced molecular and pathophysiologic characterization of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) has revealed insights into promising targeted therapeutic approaches. Medical imaging plays a fundamental role in PCNSL diagnosis, staging, an... Read More about Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG).

European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) MRI guidelines for imaging patients with central nervous system tumours (2021)
Journal Article
Avula, S., Peet, A., Morana, G., Morgan, P., Warmuth-Metz, M., Jaspan, T., & Auer, D. (2021). European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) MRI guidelines for imaging patients with central nervous system tumours. Child's Nervous System, 37(8), 2497-2508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05199-4

INTRODUCTION: Standardisation of imaging acquisition is essential in facilitating multicentre studies related to childhood CNS tumours. It is important to ensure that theimaging protocol can be adopted by centres with varying imaging capabilities wit... Read More about European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) MRI guidelines for imaging patients with central nervous system tumours.

Accumulation of Brain Hypointense Foci on Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging in Childhood Ataxia Telangiectasia (2021)
Journal Article
Dineen, R. A., Blanchard, C. C., Pszczolkowski, S., Paine, S., Prasad, M., Chow, G., …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.

Altered hippocampal functional connectivity patterns in patients with cognitive impairments following ischaemic stroke: a resting-state fMRI study (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jung, J., Laverick, R., Nader, K., Wilson, M., Auer, D. P., Rotshtein, P., & Hosseini, A. A. Altered hippocampal functional connectivity patterns in patients with cognitive impairments following ischaemic stroke: a resting-state fMRI study

Background Ischemic stroke with cognitive impairment is a considerable risk factor for developing dementia. Identifying imaging markers of cognitive impairment following ischemic stroke will help to develop prevention strategies against post-stroke d... Read More about Altered hippocampal functional connectivity patterns in patients with cognitive impairments following ischaemic stroke: a resting-state fMRI study.

Identifying the spatial and temporal dynamics of molecularly-distinct glioblastoma sub-populations (2020)
Journal Article
Morris, B., Curtin, L., Hawkins-Daarud, A., Hubbard, M. E., Rahman, R., Smith, S. J., …Owen, M. R. (2020). Identifying the spatial and temporal dynamics of molecularly-distinct glioblastoma sub-populations. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 17(5), 4905-4941. https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2020267

Glioblastomas (GBMs) are the most aggressive primary brain tumours and have no known cure. Each individual tumour comprises multiple sub-populations of genetically-distinct cells that may respond differently to targeted therapies and may contribute t... Read More about Identifying the spatial and temporal dynamics of molecularly-distinct glioblastoma sub-populations.

Investigating musculoskeletal health and wellbeing; A cohort study protocol (2020)
Journal Article
Millar, B., McWilliams, D. F., Abhishek, A., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Auer, D. P., Chapman, V., …Walsh, D. A. (2020). Investigating musculoskeletal health and wellbeing; A cohort study protocol. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21(1), Article 182. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03195-4

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: In an ageing population, pain, frailty and disability frequently coexist across a wide range of musculoskeletal diagnoses, but their associations remain incompletely understood. The Investigating Musculoskeletal Heal... Read More about Investigating musculoskeletal health and wellbeing; A cohort study protocol.

FU-Net: Multi-class Image Segmentation Using Feedback Weighted U-Net (2019)
Book Chapter
Jafari, M., Li, R., Xing, Y., Auer, D., Francis, S., Garibaldi, J., & Chen, X. (2019). FU-Net: Multi-class Image Segmentation Using Feedback Weighted U-Net. In Image and Graphics: 10th International Conference, ICIG 2019, Beijing, China, August 23–25, 2019, Proceedings, Part II (529-537). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34110-7_44

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. In this paper, we present a generic deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) for multi-class image segmentation. It is based on a well-established supervised end-to-end DCNN model, known as U-net. U-net is firs... Read More about FU-Net: Multi-class Image Segmentation Using Feedback Weighted U-Net.

Prediction of Stroke Risk by Detection of Hemorrhage in Carotid Plaques: Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data (2019)
Journal Article
Schindler, A., Schinner, R., Altaf, N., Hosseini, A. A., Simpson, R. J., Esposito-Bauer, L., …Saam, T. (2019). Prediction of Stroke Risk by Detection of Hemorrhage in Carotid Plaques: Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 13(2), 395-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.03.028

Objectives The goal of this study was to compare the risk of stroke between patients with carotid artery disease with and without the presence of intraplaque hemorrhage (IPH) on magnetic resonance imaging. Background IPH in carotid stenosis incr... Read More about Prediction of Stroke Risk by Detection of Hemorrhage in Carotid Plaques: Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data.

Relationship between neuromelanin and dopamine terminals within the Parkinson’s nigrostriatal system (2019)
Journal Article
Martín-Bastida, A., Lao-Kaim, N. P., Roussakis, A. A., Searle, G. E., Xing, Y., Gunn, R. N., …Piccini, P. (2019). Relationship between neuromelanin and dopamine terminals within the Parkinson’s nigrostriatal system. Brain, 142(7), 2023–2036. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz120

© 2019 The Author(s). All rights reserved. Parkinson's disease is characterized by the progressive loss of pigmented dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and associated striatal deafferentation. Neuromelanin content is thought to reflect the... Read More about Relationship between neuromelanin and dopamine terminals within the Parkinson’s nigrostriatal system.

Coordinate based meta-analysis of motor functional imaging in Parkinson's: disease-specific patterns and modulation by dopamine replacement and deep brain stimulation (2019)
Journal Article
Xing, Y., Tench, C., Wongwandee, M., Schwarz, S., Bajaj, N., & Auer, D. (2020). Coordinate based meta-analysis of motor functional imaging in Parkinson's: disease-specific patterns and modulation by dopamine replacement and deep brain stimulation. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 14(4), 1263–1280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-019-00061-3

Objective To investigate factors affecting the pattern of motor brain activation reported in people with Parkinson’s (PwP), aiming to differentiate disease-specific features from treatment effects. Methods A co-ordinate-based-meta-analysis (CBMA... Read More about Coordinate based meta-analysis of motor functional imaging in Parkinson's: disease-specific patterns and modulation by dopamine replacement and deep brain stimulation.

Lifespan pigmentation changes of the substantia nigra detected by neuromelanin-sensitive MRI (2018)
Journal Article
Xing, Y., Sapuan, A., Dineen, R., & Auer, D. P. (2018). Lifespan pigmentation changes of the substantia nigra detected by neuromelanin-sensitive MRI. Movement Disorders, 33(11), 1792-1799. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.27502

Background: Neuromelanin is a pigment with strong iron-chelating properties preferentially found in dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra, pars compacta (SNpc). Parkinson's disease is characterized by pronounced, MRI detectable neuromelanin lo... Read More about Lifespan pigmentation changes of the substantia nigra detected by neuromelanin-sensitive MRI.