Three-Tesla MRI does not improve the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: A multicenter study

Marloes H J Hagens1, Jessica Burggraaff2, Iris D Kilsdonk2

  • 1From the Departments of Neurology (M.H.J.H., J.B., J.K.) and Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (I.D.K., M.L.d.V., M.P.W., F.B.), MS Centre Amsterdam, and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (B.I.L.-W.), VU University Medical Centre; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (I.D.K.), Onze Lieve Vrouwen Gasthuis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre (N.C., O.C.) and Institutes of Neurology & Healthcare Engineering (F.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK; Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (E.S., P.P.), Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Department of Neurology (M. Andelova, M. Amann) and Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology (M. Amann, J.M.L.), University Hospital Basel; Medical Image Analysis Centre (M. Amann), Basel, Switzerland; Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (P.P.), Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy; Department of Neurology (C.O.-G.), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain; National Institute for Health Research (O.C., F.B.), University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), UK; Department of Neurosciences (C.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; and Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (C.L.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany. m.hagens1@vumc.nl.

Neurology
|June 22, 2018
PubMed
Summary

Higher magnetic field strength MRI (3T) detects more brain lesions in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS). However, 3T MRI does not impact the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) based on McDonald criteria.

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