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Prospective and retrospective motion correction in diffusion magnetic resonance imaging of the human brain

Rolf Gruetter, Tobias Kober, Gunnar Krüger

Diffusion-weighting in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) increases the sensitivity to molecular Brownian motion, providing insight in the micro-environment of the underlying tissue types and structures. At the same time, the diffusion weighting renders the ...

Elsevier2012

Synthetic T-2-weighted images of the lumbar spine derived from an accelerated T-2 mapping sequence: Comparison to conventional T(2)w turbo spin echo

Tobias Kober, Tom Hilbert

Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of synthetic T2-weighted images of the lumbar spine derived from ten-fold undersampled k-space data using GRAPPATINI, a combination of a model-based approach for rapid T2 and M0 quantification (MARTINI) ext ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC2021

Brainstem lesions are associated with diffuse spinal cord involvement in early multiple sclerosis

Tobias Kober, Bénédicte Marie Maréchal

Background Early infratentorial and focal spinal cord lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are associated with a higher risk of long-term disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The role of diffuse spinal cord lesions remains less under ...

BMC2022

Robust T1-Weighted Structural Brain Imaging and Morphometry at 7T Using MP2RAGE

Tobias Kober, Patric Hagmann, José Pedro Rebelo Ferreira Marques, Gunnar Krüger, François Lazeyras, Alexis Roche, Kieran O'Brien

Purpose To suppress the noise, by sacrificing some of the signal homogeneity for numerical stability, in uniform T1 weighted (T1w) images obtained with the magnetization prepared 2 rapid gradient echoes sequence (MP2RAGE) and to compare the clinical utilit ...

Public Library of Science2014

An Ultra-High Field Study of Cerebellar Pathology in Early Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Using MP2RAGE

Tobias Kober, Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Cristina Granziera, Gunnar Krüger, Alexis Roche, Guillaume Bonnier, Kieran O'Brien, Pavel Falkovskiy

Objectives: The aim of this study was to study focal cerebellar pathology in early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS) using ultra-high-field magnetization-prepared 2 inversion-contrast rapid gradient-echo (7T MP2RAGE). Materials and Methods: Twenty early-st ...

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins2017

MRI-based brain volumetry and retinal optical coherence tomography as the biomarkers of outcome in acute methanol poisoning

Tobias Kober, Bénédicte Marie Maréchal

Background: Basal ganglia lesions are typical findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain in survivors of acute methanol poisoning. However, no data are available on the association between the magnitude of damaged brain regions, serum concen ...

ELSEVIER2020

Assessment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy using a deep learning method for muscle T2 mapping segmentation

Qian Wang, Tobias Kober, Tom Hilbert

Objective To investigate the utility of an automatic deep learning (DL) method for segmentation of T2 maps in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) against healthy controls, and also the association of quantitative T2 values in patients with ...

SPRINGER2022

Rapid motion estimation and correction using self-encoded FID navigators in 3D radial MRI

Tobias Kober, Davide Piccini

Purpose: To develop a self-navigated motion compensation strategy for 3D radial MRI that can compensate for continuous head motion by measuring rigid body motion parameters with high temporal resolution from the central k-space acquisition point (self-enco ...

Wiley2023

MP2RAGE multiple sclerosis magnetic resonance imaging at 3 T

Rolf Gruetter, Reto Meuli, Tobias Kober, Cristina Granziera, Gunnar Krüger, Delphine Ribes Lemay

Objectives: Lesion detection and characterization in multiple sclerosis (MS) are an essential part of its clinical diagnosis and an important research field. In this pilot study, we applied the recently introduced two inversion-contrast magnetization-prepa ...

2012

Longitudinal analysis of white matter and cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis

Tobias Kober, Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Cristina Granziera

Purpose: The goals of this study were to assess the performance of a novel lesion segmentation tool for longitudinal analyses, as well as to validate the generated lesion progression map between two time points using conventional and non-conventional MR se ...

2019

Patient respiratory-triggered quantitative T-2 mapping in the pancreas

Tobias Kober, Reto Meuli, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Tom Hilbert

Background Long acquisition times and motion sensitivity limit T-2 mapping in the abdomen. Accelerated mapping at 3 T may allow for quantitative assessment of diffuse pancreatic disease in patients during free-breathing. Purpose To test the feasibility of ...

2019

Model-based super-resolution reconstruction of T-2 maps

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Reto Meuli, Tobias Kober, Tom Hilbert, Mohammad Golbabaee, Gian Franco Piredda

Purpose High-resolution isotropic T-2 mapping of the human brain with multi-echo spin-echo (MESE) acquisitions is challenging. When using a 2D sequence, the resolution is limited by the slice thickness. If used as a 3D acquisition, specific absorption rate ...

Wiley2020

Accelerated T(2)Mapping of the Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Highly Undersampled K-Space Data for Robust T(2)Relaxation Time Measurement in Clinically Feasible Acquisition Times

Tobias Kober, Tom Hilbert

Objectives T(2)mapping of the intervertebral disc (IVD) can depict quantitative changes reflecting biochemical change due to loss of glycosaminoglycan content. Conventional T(2)mapping is usually performed using a 2-dimensional multi-echo-spin echo sequenc ...

2020

3-Dimensional Fluid and White Matter Suppression Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequence Accelerated With Compressed Sensing Improves Multiple Sclerosis Cervical Spinal Cord Lesion Detection Compared With Standard 2-Dimensional Imaging

Tobias Kober

Objectives Fluid and white matter suppression (FLAWS) is a recently proposed magnetic resonance sequence derived from magnetization-prepared 2 rapid acquisition gradient-echo providing 2 coregistered datasets with white matter- and cerebrospinal fluid-supp ...

LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS2022

Multiparametric Characterization and Spatial Distribution of Different MS Lesion Phenotypes

Tobias Kober, Tom Hilbert, Gian Franco Piredda

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MS lesions exhibit varying degrees of axonal and myelin damage. A comprehensive description of lesion phenotypes could contribute to an improved radiologic evaluation of smoldering inflammation and remyelination processes. This stud ...

Amer Soc Neuroradiology2024

Adaptive FID-navigators for respiration monitoring in multi-slice fMRI applications

Rolf Gruetter, Tobias Kober, José Pedro Rebelo Ferreira Marques, Wietske Van der Zwaag, Reto Meuli, Gunnar Krüger

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures activation-induced signal changes by means of the blood-oxygenation-level-depended (BOLD) contrast. Since signal changes are typically only 1-3%, the method is intrinsically sensitive to all signal inst ...

2008

Normal volumetric and T1 relaxation time values at 1.5 T in segmented pediatric brain MRI using a MP2RAGE acquisition

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Tobias Kober, Bénédicte Marie Maréchal, Tom Hilbert, Gian Franco Piredda

Objectives This study introduced a tailored MP2RAGE-based brain acquisition for a comprehensive assessment of the normal maturing brain. Methods Seventy normal patients (35 girls and 35 boys) from 1 to 16 years of age were recruited within a prospective mo ...

SPRINGER2021

RimNet: A deep 3D multimodal MRI architecture for paramagnetic rim lesion assessment in multiple sclerosis

Tobias Kober, Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Cristina Granziera, Francesco La Rosa

Objectives In multiple sclerosis (MS), the presence of a paramagnetic rim at the edge of non-gadolinium-enhancing lesions indicates perilesional chronic inflammation. Patients featuring a higher paramagnetic rim lesion burden tend to have more aggressive d ...

2020

Fluid and White Matter Suppression Imaging and Voxel-Based Morphometric Analysis in Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Negative Epilepsy

Tobias Kober

Purpose: Delineation of subtle lesions in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-negative patients is of great importance in preoperative epilepsy evaluation. The aim of our study was to explore the diagnostic value of the novel fluid and white matter suppressio ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2021

Cerebral Gray and White Matter Involvement in Anorexia Nervosa Evaluated by T1, T2, and T2*Mapping

Tobias Kober, François Lazeyras

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Changes in the brain composition of anorexics could potentially be expected, opening the door to new imaging approaches where quantitative and qualitative MRI have a role. Our purpose was to investigate anorexia-related brain dehydra ...

WILEY2019