Currently, patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and brain lesions on MRI suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS), are offered a confirmatory MRI scan after 6 months. Researchers in Italy ...

Learn more about how myelin springs back in the brain after a marathon and how these findings could help people with multiple ...

Ph.D. candidate Jesper Pilmeyer examined patients' brains using MRI technology. The patterns he discovered in the brain scans can help make a more accurate diagnosis and predict how the illness ...

“Dawson’s fingers” describes a specific appearance that can appear on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnostic testing. They most commonly occur in people with multiple sclerosis (MS ...

MRI uses strong magnetic and radio waves to produce detailed pictures of the brain and spinal cord. This type of imaging can detect most areas of demyelination, scarring, or plaques in MS.

What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...

Using 3T MRI to analyze central vein counts and distribution in white matter lesions allows investigators to distinguish multiple sclerosis from migraine pathology.

Image: Adobe Stock “A number of these [Bruton’s tyrosine kinase] inhibitors have the ability to easily cross the blood-brain ... found on MRI scans are associated with signs of MS disease ...

Ultra-high field 7T MRI scanners allow much more detailed resolution on brain scans and have been shown in other countries to be better than the NHS's best 3T MRI scanners at detecting these ...