A new early and automated MRI-based predictor of motor improvement after stroke

In this study, we investigated the structural plasticity of the contralesional motor network in ischemic stroke patients using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and explored a model that combines a MRI-based metric of contralesional network integrity and clinical data to predict functional outcome at 6 months after stroke.MRI and clinical examinations were performed in 12 patients in the acute phase, at 1 and 6 months after stroke....