Neurological disorders and imaging physics. Volume 2, Engineering and clinical perspectives of multiple sclerosis /

More than two million people were affected with multiple sclerosis (MS) worldwide in 2015 with rates varying widely in different regions and among different populations. This book explores the basics of MS, which is the most common immune-mediated disorder affecting the central nervous system. MS is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: El-Baz, Ayman S. (Editor ), Suri, Jasjit S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2020]
Colección:IOP ebooks. 2020 collection.
Temas:
Central nervous system > Magnetic resonance imaging.
Central nervous system > Diseases > Diagnosis.
Multiple sclerosis > Magnetic resonance imaging.
Biomedical engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Exoskeleton-assisted rehabilitation training improves cognitive and motor functions in multiple sclerosis patients
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Methods
  • 1.3. Results
  • 1.4. Discussion
  • 2. The early stages of multiple sclerosis : new targets for the development of combinational drug therapies
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Evidence for the involvement of microbial triggers of MS
  • 2.3. Blocking the bacterial triggers of MS
  • 2.4. Immunomodulation and immunosuppressants in controlling MS
  • 2.5. Targeting inflammatory processes to treat MS
  • 2.6. Natural products and herbal medicines as anti-inflammatory agents
  • 2.7. Plant based approaches : natural combination therapies
  • 2.8. Conclusion
  • 3. Advanced technique for characterization of balance disorders in multiple sclerosis : posturography
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Technical materials in posturography
  • 3.3. Analysis methods in posturography
  • 3.4. Conclusion
  • 4. Recent developments in the understanding and assessment of hope and psycho-emotional expressions of illness for people with multiple sclerosis
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 5. Multiple sclerosis symptoms
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
  • 5.3. Current classification includes
  • 5.4. Clinical symptomatology
  • 5.5. The incidence and prevalence of psychiatric disorders in multiple sclerosis
  • 5.6. Conclusion
  • 6. Using transcranial direct current stimulation to manage symptoms of multiple sclerosis
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Technical considerations for tDCS
  • 6.3. Potential clinical applications in MS
  • 6.4. Conclusions
  • 7. Oxidative stress and sterile inflammation in multiple sclerosis
  • 7.1. Introduction to the disease
  • 7.2. Redox system
  • 7.3. Why is a free radical dangerous?
  • 7.4. Oxidative stress in multiple sclerosis
  • 7.5. Dangerous crystals
  • 7.6. Cholesterol needle-shaped crystals and sterile inflammation in MS
  • 7.7. Monosodium urate crystals and sterile inflammation in MS
  • 7.8. Conclusion
  • 8. The influence of auditory neuroprosthetics on gait and postural recovery in multiple sclerosis
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Methods
  • 8.3. Results
  • 8.4. Discussion
  • 9. Neuropsychological assessment in multiple sclerosis
  • 9.1. Cognition in multiple sclerosis
  • 9.2. Neuropsychological batteries for MS
  • 9.3. Cognitive assessment : the relevance in clinical and research fields
  • 9.4. Methodological issues
  • 9.5. Variables influencing cognition
  • 9.6. Cognitive impairment and cognitive decline
  • 9.7. Future perspectives
  • 10. Imaging disconnection in multiple sclerosis
  • 10.1. The complexity of multiple sclerosis
  • 10.2. The importance of MRI in MS
  • 10.3. Brain organization in MS : the impact of disease on connectivity
  • 10.4. Conclusions and future developments
  • 11. Gait analyses in multiple sclerosis; and time series
  • 11.1. Introduction
  • 11.2. Determinants of gait
  • 11.3. Kinetic and kinematics of gait
  • 11.4. Phases of the gait cycle
  • 11.5. Temporal-spatial features of gait
  • 11.6. Kinetics of gait
  • 11.7. Joint torques and forces/kinematics
  • 11.8. The layout of the gait function in chaos AND the complexity of the gait function in order
  • 11.9. Gait analysis methods
  • 11.10. Gait problems and cortical involvement in multiple sclerosis : choosing the right analysis method
  • 11.11. Conclusion
  • 12. A brain-computer interface web browser for multiple sclerosis patients
  • 12.1. Introduction
  • 12.2. Background
  • 12.3. Subject database
  • 12.4. Methods
  • 12.5. Results
  • 12.6. Discussion
  • 12.7. Conclusion
  • 13. Language, speech and voice symptomatology (dysarthria) in multiple sclerosis : electroglottographic and acoustic analysis for assessment
  • 13.1. Objective instrumental measurements of voice (electroglottography)
  • 13.2. Electroglottography definition and description
  • 13.3. Acoustic analysis of speech
  • 13.4. Variables of electroglottographic analysis during sustained phonation
  • 13.5. Variables of electroglottographic analysis during connected speech
  • 13.6. Findings of perceptual, acoustic and electroglottographic variables in MS
  • 13.7. Voice quality
  • 13.8. Articulation and speech rate
  • 13.9. Prosody
  • 13.10. Summary of findings and conclusions
  • 14. Novel approaches for segmenting cerebral vasculature
  • 14.1. Introduction
  • 14.2. Cerebral blood vessels segmentation
  • 14.3. Summary.

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