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Maria A. Rocca
Researcher at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Publications - 647
Citations - 29881
Maria A. Rocca is an academic researcher from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Multiple sclerosis & Magnetic resonance imaging. The author has an hindex of 83, co-authored 556 publications receiving 25283 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria A. Rocca include University at Buffalo & Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
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Spinal Cord Atrophy in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders Is Spatially Related to Cord Lesions and Disability
Laura Cacciaguerra,Paola Valsasina,Sarlota Mesaros,Vittorio Martinelli,Jelena Drulovic,Massimo Filippi,Maria A. Rocca +6 more
TL;DR: In participants with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, focal areas of spinal cord atrophy at MRI were topographically associated with lesions and correlated to motor and sensory disability.
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Early Predictors of 9-Year Disability in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis.
Ermelinda De Meo,Raffaello Bonacchi,Lucia Moiola,Bruno Colombo,Francesca Sangalli,Chiara Zanetta,Maria Pia Amato,Vittorio Martinelli,Maria A. Rocca,Massimo Filippi +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used Cox proportional hazard and multivariable regression models to assess independent predictors of time to first relapse and 9-year disability in pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis.
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A Semiautomatic Method for Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Segmentation on Dual-Echo MR Imaging: Application in a Multicenter Context.
Loredana Storelli,Elisabetta Pagani,Maria A. Rocca,Mark A. Horsfield,Antonio Gallo,Alvino Bisecco,Marco Battaglini,N. De Stefano,Hugo Vrenken,David L. Thomas,Laura Mancini,S. Ropele,Christian Enzinger,Paolo Preziosa,Massimo Filippi +14 more
TL;DR: A multicenter validation of a proposed semiautomatic method for hyperintense MS lesion segmentation on dual-echo MR imaging proved to be robust, and no center-specific training of the algorithm was required, offering the possibility for application in a clinical setting.
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Lesion load measurements in multiple sclerosis: the effect of incorporating magnetization transfer contrast in a Fast-Flair sequence
TL;DR: The addition of MT to FLAIR sequences as currently implemented on standard MRI scanners does not improve the detection of MS lesions, and the Contrast-to-Noise ratios between lesions and normal-appearing white matter, lesion numbers, lesions volumes and the variability of such measurements were similar for the two sequences.
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The “vegetarian brain”: chatting with monkeys and pigs?
Massimo Filippi,Gianna C Riccitelli,Alessandro Meani,Andrea Falini,Giancarlo Comi,Maria A. Rocca +5 more
TL;DR: The results support the role of the action observation–execution matching system in social cognition, which enables us to interact not only with the authors' conspecifics but also with species in phylogenetic proximity to humans.