Beck Laboratory

Publications

Detection and implications of cortical demyelination in MS 

  1. Manning AR, Beck ES, Schindler MK, Nair G, Clark KA, Parvathaneni P, Reich DS, Shinohara RT, Solomon AJ. T1/T2 ratio from 3T MRI improves multiple sclerosis cortical lesion contrast. J Neuroimaging. 2023 May-Jun;33(3):434-445. doi: 10.1111/jon.13088. 
  2. Liu J, Beck ES, Filippini S, van Gelderen P, de Zwart JA, Norato G, Sati P, Al-Louzi O, Kolb H, Donadieu M, Morrison M, Duyn JH, Reich DS. Navigator-Guided Motion and B0 Correction of T2*-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Improves Multiple Sclerosis Cortical Lesion Detection. Invest Radiol. 2021 Jul 1;56(7):409-416. doi: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000754. 
  3. Manning AR, Beck ES, Gai N, Filippini S, Maranzano J, Nair G, Reich DS. Inversion Recovery Susceptibility Weighted Imaging With Enhanced T2 Weighting at 3 T Improves Visualization of Subpial Cortical Multiple Sclerosis Lesions. Invest Radiol. 2020 Nov;55(11):727-735. doi: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000698. 
  4. Liu J, Beck ES, Sati P, Sethi V, Kober T, Dewey B, Bhargava P, Nair G, Cortese IC, Reich DS. Improved Visualization of Cortical Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Using 7T MP2RAGE. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2018 Mar;39(3):459-466. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5534. 

Characterization of the natural history and clinical implications of MS cortical lesions

  1. Beck ES, Mullins WA, Dos Santos Silva J, Filippini S, Parvathaneni P, Maranzano J, Morrison M, Suto DJ, Donnay C, Dieckhaus H, Luciano NJ, Sharma K, Gaitán MI, Liu J, de Zwart JA, van Gelderen P, Cortese I, Narayanan S, Duyn JH, Nair G, Sati P, Reich DS. Contribution of new and chronic cortical lesions to disability accrual in multiple sclerosis. Brain Commun. 2024 May 2;6(3):fcae158. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae158.
  2. Beck ES, Maranzano J, Luciano NJ, Parvathaneni P, Filippini S, Morrison M, Suto DJ, Wu T, van Gelderen P, de Zwart JA, Antel S, Fetco D, Ohayon J, Andrada F, Mina Y, Thomas C, Jacobson S, Duyn J, Cortese I, Narayanan S, Nair G, Sati P, Reich DS. Cortical lesion hotspots and association of subpial lesions with disability in multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2022 Aug;28(9):1351-1363. doi: 10.1177/13524585211069167.

Development and application of MRI image analysis methods 

  1. Dereskewicz E, La Rosa F, Dos Santos Silva J, Sizer E, Kohli A, Wynen M, Mullins WA, Maggi P, Levy S, Onyemeh K, Ayci B, Solomon AJ, Assländer J, Al-Louzi O, Reich DS, Sumowski J, Beck ES. FLAMeS: A robust deep learning model for automated multiple sclerosis lesion segmentation. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 May 19:2025.05.19.25327707. doi:10.1101/2025.05.19.25327707.
  2. La Rosa F, Dos Santos Silva J, Dereskewicz E, Invernizzi A, Cahan N, Galasso J, Garcia N, Graney R, Levy S, Verma G, Balchandani P, Reich DS, Horton M, Greenspan H, Sumowski J, Bach Cuadra M, Beck ES. BrainAgeNeXt: Advancing brain age modeling for individuals with multiple sclerosis. Imaging Neurosci. 2025;3:imag_a_00487. doi:10.1162/imag_a_00487.
  3. Invernizzi A, La Rosa F, Sather A, Rechtman E, Jalees M, Nabeel I, Pellecchia AC, Santiago-Michels S, Bromet EJ, Lucchini RG, Luft BJ, Clouston SA, Beck ES, Tang CY, Horton MK. MRI signature of brain age underlying post-traumatic stress disorder in World Trade Center responders. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Oct 18:2024.10.18.24315761. doi:10.1101/2024.10.18.24315761.
  4. La Rosa F, Wynen M, Al-Louzi O, Beck ES, Huelnhagen T, Maggi P, Thiran JP, Kober T, Shinohara RT, Sati P, Reich DS, Granziera C, Absinta M, Bach Cuadra M. Cortical lesions, central vein sign, and paramagnetic rim lesions in multiple sclerosis: Emerging machine learning techniques and future avenues. Neuroimage Clin. 2022;36:103205. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103205.
  5. La Rosa F, Beck ES, Maranzano J, Todea RA, van Gelderen P, de Zwart JA, Luciano NJ, Duyn JH, Thiran JP, Granziera C, Reich DS, Sati P, Bach Cuadra M. Multiple sclerosis cortical lesion detection with deep learning at ultra-high-field MRI. NMR Biomed. 2022 Aug;35(8):e4730. doi: 10.1002/nbm.4730.

Additional MRI Markers in MS and beyond 

  1. Harrison DM, Sati P, Klawiter EC, Narayanan S, Bagnato F, Beck ES, Barker P, Calvi A, Cagol A, Donadieu M, Duyn J, Granziera C, Henry RG, Huang SY, Hoff MN, Mainero C, Ontaneda D, Reich DS, Rudko DA, Smith SA, Trattnig S, Zurawski J, Bakshi R, Gauthier S, Laule C. The use of 7T MRI in multiple sclerosis: review and consensus statement from the North American Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis Cooperative. Brain Commun. 2024 Oct 9;6(5):fcae359. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae359. 
  2. Harrison DM, Choi S, Bakshi R, Beck ES, Callen AM, Chu R, Silva JDS, Fetco D, Greenwald M, Kolind S, Narayanan S, Okar SV, Quattrucci MK, Reich DS, Rudko D, Russell-Schulz B, Schindler MK, Tauhid S, Traboulsee A, Vavasour Z, Zurawski JD. Pooled analysis of multiple sclerosis findings on multisite 7 Tesla MRI: Protocol and initial observations. Hum Brain Mapp. 2024 Aug 15;45(12):e26816. doi: 10.1002/hbm.26816. 
  3. Assländer J, Mao A, Marchetto E, Beck ES, La Rosa F, Charlson RW, Shepherd TM, Flassbeck S. Unconstrained quantitative magnetization transfer imaging: Disentangling T1 of the free and semi-solid spin pools. Imaging Neurosci. 2024;2:1–16. doi:10.1162/imag_a_00177. 
  4. van Gelderen P, Li X, de Zwart JA, Beck ES, Okar SV, Huang Y, Lai K, Sulam J, van Zijl PCM, Reich DS, Duyn JH, Liu J. Effect of motion, cortical orientation and spatial resolution on quantitative imaging of cortical R2* and magnetic susceptibility at 0.3 mm in-plane resolution at 7 T. Neuroimage. 2023 Apr 15;270:119992. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.119992. 
  5. Levy S, Sandry J, Beck ES, Brandstadter R, Katz Sand I, Sumowski JF. Pattern of thalamic nuclei atrophy in early relapse-onset multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2022 Nov;67:104083. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2022.104083. 
  6. Kolb H, Al-Louzi O, Beck ES, Sati P, Absinta M, Reich DS. From pathology to MRI and back: Clinically relevant biomarkers of multiple sclerosis lesions. Neuroimage Clin. 2022;36:103194. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103194.