In 2021, our main research areas included the use of MRI in different neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), epilepsy, migraine, and neurooncology.
We have led a study to establish international consensus recommendations on the use of brain and spinal cord MRI in the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS), which have been published in a Lancet Neurol.
We have also evaluated advanced MRI techniques, such as susceptibility-weighted imaging to differentiate acute from chronic MS lesions, and the value of T1/T2 mapping in assessing tissue integrity in MS.
We also have worked in collaboration with the University of Girona on the development and implementation in clinical practice of automated tools based on CNN for the detection of radiological activity in multiple sclerosis patients receiving disease-modifying treatments. Based on this collaboration we have created a start-up company, Tensor Medical.

Group Leader
Alex Rovira Cañellas

Principal Investigator (PI)
Deborah Pareto

Researchers
Carlos Tortajada, Cristina Auger, Juli Alonso, Xavier Aymerich, Silvana Sarria, Gerard Martí, Sofía Sceppacuercia

Lab Technicians
Juan F. Corral, Manel Alberich

Nursing and Technical Staff
Elena Huerga, Ana María Nieto

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PUBLICATIONS

251

IMPACT FACTOR

9.31

AVERAGE IMPACT FACTOR

SELECTED ARTICLES

Torres-Ferrus M, Pareto D, Gallardo VJ, Cuberas-Borrós G, Alpuente A, Caronna E, Vila-Balló A, Lorenzo-Bosquet C, Castell-Conesa J, Rovira A, Pozo-Rosich P.
Cortical metabolic and structural differences in patients with chronic migraine. An exploratory 18 FDG-PET and MRI study
J Headache Pain. 2021 Jul 17;22(1):75
DOI: 10.1186/s10194-021-01289-5
IF: 7.28

Alonso J, Pareto D, Alberich M, Kober T, Maréchal B, Lladó X, Rovira A.
Quantitative comparison of subcortical and ventricular volumetry derived from MPRAGE and MP2RAGE images using different brain morphometry software.
MAGMA. 2021 Dec;34(6):903-914
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-021-00933-0
IF: 2.31

Rovira A, Corral JF, Auger C, Valverde S, Vidal-Jordana A, Oliver A, de Barros A, Ng Wong YK, Tintoré M, Pareto D, Aymerich FX, Montalban X, Lladó X, Alonso J.
Assessment of automatic decision-support systems for detecting active T2 lesions in multiple sclerosis patients
Mult Scler . 2021 Dec 3;13524585211061339.
DOI: 10.1177/13524585211061339
IF: 6.31

Midaglia L, Sastre-Garriga J, Pappolla A, Quibus L, Carvajal R, Vidal-Jordana A, Arrambide G, Río J, Comabella M, Nos C, Castilló J, Galan I, Rodríguez-Acevedo B, Auger C, Tintoré M, Montalban X, Rovira À.
The frequency and characteristics of MS misdiagnosis in patients referred to the multiple sclerosis centre of Catalonia
Mult Scler . 2021 May;27(6):913-921
DOI: 10.1177/1352458520988148
IF: 6.31

Wattjes MP, Ciccarelli O, Reich DS, Banwell B, de Stefano N, Enzinger C, Fazekas F, Filippi M, Frederiksen J, Gasperini C, Hacohen Y, Kappos L, Li DKB, Mankad K, Montalban X, Newsome SD, Oh J, Palace J, Rocca MA, Sastre-Garriga J, Tintoré M, Traboulsee A, Vrenken H, Yousry T, Barkhof F, Rovira À
2021 MAGNIMS-CMSC-NAIMS consensus recommendations on the use of MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Lancet Neurol. 2021 Aug;20(8):653-670.
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00095-8
IF: 44.18

TReatment And VISual Recovery in Optic Neuritis – The TRAVIS study
Principal Investigator: Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Alex Rovira Cañellas
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 99,704€
Period: 2020-2022

Structural-functional spinal characterization by magnetic resonance imaging. Application in multiple sclerosis
Principal Investigator: Deborah Pareto
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 40,293 €
Period: 2019-2021

Cortical and lesion remyelination in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients from the Opicinumab (Anti-LINGO-1) phase II clinical trial (Synergy). A validation study of the T1-weighted and T2-weighted ratio approach (RAPOR)
Principal Investigator: Deborah Pareto
Agency: Biogen
Funding: 60,000€
Period: 2019-2021