The EXCEMED programme Preceptorship on MRI in multiple sclerosis aims to educate physicians in the application and the relevance of conventional and unconventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the management of multiple sclerosis (MS). Together with laboratory tests and neurophysiological studies, MRI is a key point in MS diagnosis but it is even more relevant in monitoring the disease progression and in the evaluation of individual response to treatment both in clinical practice and in the research field.

Further details of the 2014 Preceptorship on MRI in multiple sclerosis

These pages of the MS Alumni programme are dedicated to MRI in MS, and include the following content:

• Article Hippocampal damage in multiple sclerosis : the contribution of neuroimaging: Maria A. Rocca MD. Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

• Video lecture: Understanding MS evolution using structural MR techniques: Menno M. Schoonheim, Department of Anatomy & Neurosciences, Section of Clinical Neuroscience VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Article: Structural and functional neuroimaging features of pediatric multiple sclerosis: Maria A. Rocca, Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

• Video lecture: Future MR markers to monitor multiple sclerosis: Nicola De Stefano, Neurology and Neurometabolic Unit, Department of Neurological and Behavioural Sciences, University of Siena, Italy

• Article: Ultra-High-Field MR imaging in multiple sclerosis: Is there a role? Maria A Rocca, Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, and Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

• Article: Advanced magnetic resonance techniques: Future perspectives: Maria A Rocca, Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, and Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

• Article: The role of magnetic resonance imaging in differential diagnosis: Lucia Moiola (Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy)

• Article: Cortical lessions in multiple sclerosis: Lucia Moiola (Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy)

• Article: MRI imaging of the spinal cord in multiple sclerosis: Lucia Moiola (Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy)

• Article: Advanced MRI techniques and cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis: Maria A. Rocca MD.(Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, and Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy).

• Article: MR outcome measures in MS trials: Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.