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Table 3 Outcome Measures: white matter lesion quantification

From: The association between cognitive function and white matter lesion location in older adults: a systematic review

Reference

Sequence

WML Location

MRI Magnet

WML Type

WML Quantification

Groot et al. [24]

PD, T1, T2

S: Four lobes of Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, and Temporal

1.5 T

P, S, Regions

Scoring

P: Adjacent frontal horns, lateral ventricles wall, and occipital horns

Shenkin et al. [25]

T2, FLAIR

-

1.5 T

S, P

Scoring

Baune et al. [26]

PD, T1, T2

-

1.5 T

S, P

Scoring

Kim et al. [27]

T2, FLAIR

-

1.5 T

S, P

Volum

Silbert et al. [28]

PD, T2

-

1.5 T

S, P

Volume

McClleland et al. [21]

PD, T1, T2

Cerebral White Matter, Cerebellar White Matter, Basal Ganglia

1.5 T

Regions

Scoring

Wright et al. [29]

PD, T2, FLAIR

Frontal, Deep, and Occipital-Temporal-Parietal

1.5 T

S, I, Regions

Volume

Kaplan et al. [30]

T2, FLAIR

Frontal and Posterior Regions

3.0 T

Regions

Volume

Wakefield et al. [31]

T1, FLAIR

Anterior, Superior, Posterior Corona Radiata

3.0 T

Regions

Volume

Cingulate Gyrus, Genu, Body, Splenium of Corpus Callusum

Anterior and Posterior Limb of Internal Capsule

Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus

O’Brien et al. [32]

T2, FLAIR

Internal and External Capsule

1.5 T

Regions

Scoring

Smith et al. [14]

PD, T1, T2

Whole Brain

1.5 T

Regions

Volume

Burns et al. [33]

T1, T2

S: Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital Lobes

1.5 T

S, P, Regions

Scoring

P: Right and Left Frontal Horns, Posterior Horns, and Ventricular Bodies

Ishii et al. [34]

T2

S: Left and Right

1.5 T

P, S, Regions

Scoring

P: Anterior and Posterior

Tullberg et al. [35]

T1, T2

Orbitofrontal, Prefrontal, Dorsolateral Frontal, Parietal, and Occipitotemporal

1.5 T

Regions

Volume

  
  1. Abbreviations: PD = Proton Density; FLAIR = Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery.