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Simone Sacco

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Silent progression in disease activity–free relapsing multiple sclerosis

…, JA Hollenbach, R Bove, G Kirkish, S Sacco… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Rates of worsening and evolution to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS)
may be substantially lower in actively treated patients compared to natural history studies …

[HTML][HTML] Tractography dissection variability: What happens when 42 groups dissect 14 white matter bundles on the same dataset?

…, SM Silva, VD Calhoun, E Caverzasi, S Sacco… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
White matter bundle segmentation using diffusion MRI fiber tractography has become the
method of choice to identify white matter fiber pathways in vivo in human brains. However, like …

Spinal cord atrophy predicts progressive disease in relapsing multiple sclerosis

…, JM Mallott, C Asteggiano, S Sacco… - Annals of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective A major challenge in multiple sclerosis (MS) research is the understanding of
silent progression and Progressive MS. Using a novel method to accurately capture upper …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging in dementia

…, K Marton, E Karageorgiou, S Sacco… - Seminars in …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Although the diagnosis of dementia still is primarily based on clinical criteria, neuroimaging
is playing an increasingly important role. This is in large part due to advances in techniques …

A novel in-home digital treatment to improve processing speed in people with multiple sclerosis: a pilot study

…, D Langdon, A Alexander, S Sacco… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To assess whether a videogame-like digital treatment is superior to a control in
improving processing speed in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods: Adults with MS …

Differences in age-related retinal and cortical atrophy rates in multiple sclerosis

…, A Beaudry-Richard, A Santaniello, S Sacco… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives The timing of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS)
remains unclear. It is critical to understand the dynamics of neuroaxonal loss if we hope to …

[HTML][HTML] Application of an adaptive, digital, game-based approach for cognitive assessment in multiple sclerosis: observational study

…, C Zhao, A Anderson, A Alexander, S Sacco… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background Cognitive impairment is one of the most debilitating manifestations of multiple
sclerosis. Currently, the assessment of cognition relies on a time-consuming and extensive …

Reading while moving: the functional assessment of VOR

M Versino, P Colagiorgio, S Sacco… - Journal of …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
The head impulse test (HIT) is nowadays recognized as the gold standard for clinical testing
of the angular vestibuloocular reflex (VOR). By imposing unpredictable, abrupt head …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal MRI staging for tracking progression and clinical-imaging correlation in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

S Sacco, M Paoletti, AM Staffaroni, H Kang, J Rojas… - Neuroimage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
Diffusion imaging is very useful for the diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, but
it has limitations in tracking disease progression as mean diffusivity changes non-linearly …

Improving the characterization of meningioma microstructure in proton therapy from conventional apparent diffusion coefficient measurements using Monte Carlo …

G Buizza, C Paganelli, F Ballati, S Sacco… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Proton therapy could benefit from noninvasively gaining tumor microstructure
information, at both planning and monitoring stages. The anatomical location of brain tumors, …