Publication details
Standardizace využití MR v diagnostice a monitoraci roztroušené sklerózy v České republice
| Title in English | Standardisation of MRI usage in the diagnostics and monitoring of multiple sclerosis in the Czech Republic |
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Česká radiologie |
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| web | http://cesradiol.cz/dwnld/CesRad_2402_101_114.pdf |
| Keywords | multiple sclerosis; magnetic resonance imaging; recommendations; monitoring protocol; diagnostic protocol; safety; standardised report; prognostic markers |
| Description | Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a key role in managing patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) – in diagnosis and determining prognostic markers, as well as in monitoring early signals of treatment ineffectiveness and safety problems. However, standardisation across sites is essential to maximise its potential. Close interdisciplinary communication between radiologists and neurologists and unification of the request form and structured radiological description are also essential. To this end, for this purpose, with the support of the Czech Society of Neuroradiology and the Section of the Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neurology Section of the Czech Neurological Society, this consensus of the Czech expert radiology-neurology panel, which is based on the international MAGNIMS recommendations, is published. The recommendations include a basic and extended diagnostic protocol, an activity monitoring protocol and a safety protocol. As part of the standardisation, frequencies of MRI examinations are proposed, and the necessary information for their timing is specified. Implementing this consensus will not only improve the care of MS patients but also improve the monitoring of MRI parameters within the national registry of MS patients and facilitate negotiations with healthcare providers. |