Publications by Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira

Validating atlas-based lesion disconnectomics in multiple sclerosis: A retrospective multi-centric study

Tobias Kober, Bénédicte Marie Maréchal, Reto Meuli, Jonas Richiardi, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira

The translational potential of MR-based connectivity modelling is limited by the need for advanced diffusion imaging, which is not part of clinical protocols for many diseases. In addition, where diffusion data is available, brain connectivity analyses rel ...

2021

Toward fully automated assessment of the central vein sign using deep learning

Tobias Kober, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD2021

Evolution of Cortical and White Matter Lesion Load in Early-Stage Multiple Sclerosis: Correlation With Neuroaxonal Damage and Clinical Changes

Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Cristina Granziera, Guillaume Bonnier, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira, Po-Jui Lu

Introduction:Changes in cortical and white matter lesion (CL, WML) load are pivotal metrics to diagnose and monitor multiple sclerosis patients. Yet, the relationship between (i) changes in CL/WML load and disease progression and between (ii) changes in CL ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2020

Partial-volume modeling reveals reduced gray matter in specific thalamic nuclei early in the time course of psychosis and chronic schizophrenia

Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Patric Hagmann, Kim Do, Erick Jorge Canales Rodriguez, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira, Elena Najdenovska, Zita Rovó

The structural complexity of the thalamus, due to its mixed composition of gray and white matter, make it challenging to disjoint and quantify each tissue contribution to the thalamic anatomy. This work promotes the use of partial-volume-based over probabi ...

Wiley2020

Multiple sclerosis cortical and WM lesion segmentation at 3T MRI: a deep learning method based on FLAIR and MP2RAGE

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Cristina Granziera, Francesco La Rosa, Muhamed Barakovic, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira, Ahmed Abdulkadir, Po-Jui Lu

The presence of cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis patients has emerged as an important biomarker of the disease. They appear in the earliest stages of the illness and have been shown to correlate with the severity of clinical symptoms. However, cortic ...

2020

CVSnet: A machine learning approach for automated central vein sign assessment in multiple sclerosis

Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Tobias Kober, Reto Meuli, João Pedro Forjaco Jorge, Cristina Granziera, Francesco La Rosa, Jonas Richiardi, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira

The central vein sign (CVS) is an efficient imaging biomarker for multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, but its application in clinical routine is limited by inter-rater variability and the expenditure of time associated with manual assessment. We describe a ...

2020

Serum GFAP in multiple sclerosis: correlation with disease type and MRI markers of disease severity

Tobias Kober, Bénédicte Marie Maréchal, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira, Ricardo Alberto Corredor Jerez

Neurofilament light chain (NfL) has been demonstrated to correlate with multiple sclerosis disease severity as well as treatment response. Nevertheless, additional serum biomarkers are still needed to better differentiate disease activity from disease prog ...

Nature Research2020

Automated Detection and Segmentation of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Using Ultra-High-Field MP2RAGE

Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Tobias Kober, Cristina Granziera, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira, Kieran O'Brien

Objectives The aim of this study was to develop a new automated segmentation method of white matter (WM) and cortical multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions visible on magnetization-prepared 2 inversion-contrast rapid gradient echo (MP2RAGE) images acquired at 7 ...

LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS2019

Longitudinal analysis of white matter and cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis

Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Tobias Kober, Cristina Granziera, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira

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

Episodic memory decline in Parkinson' s disease: relation with white matter hyperintense lesions and influence of quantification method

Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Tobias Kober, Bénédicte Marie Maréchal, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira

The relation of white matter hyperintense lesions to episodic memory impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is still controversial. We aimed at evaluating the relation between white matter hyperintense lesions and episodic memory decline in p ...

SPRINGER2019