Contact information
Research groups
Websites
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Translational Neuroimaging Group (TNG)
Research Group
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FMRIB
NDCN Division
Ludovica Griffanti
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
PhD
My current research focuses on MRI data collection, organisation and analysis of two clinical cohorts currently being recruited in the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) and the Stroke Prevention Research Unit (SPRU, OxVasc study).
I am particularly interested in structural and functional MRI.
Regarding structural MRI, I am currently involved in the development of methodological approaches for automated lesions segmentation and the assessment of the relationship between white matter hyperintensities, cardiovascular risk factors and cognition.
Regarding functional MRI I work on resting state functional connectivity and the development of methodological approaches for artefact removal and the evaluation of rfMRI as potential clinical biomarker through reproducibility assessments of MRI-derived measures.
I am involved in post-graduate teaching and supervision, and the development and support of the FSL image analysis software package.
Key publications
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BIANCA (Brain Intensity AbNormality Classification Algorithm): A new tool for automated segmentation of white matter hyperintensities.
Journal article
Griffanti L. et al, (2016), Neuroimage, 141, 191 - 205
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Hand classification of fMRI ICA noise components.
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Griffanti L. et al, (2017), Neuroimage, 154, 188 - 205
Recent publications
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Classification and characterization of periventricular and deep white matter hyperintensities on MRI: A study in older adults.
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Griffanti L. et al, (2018), Neuroimage, 170, 174 - 181
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Exploring variability in basal ganglia connectivity with functional MRI in healthy aging.
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Griffanti L. et al, (2018), Brain Imaging Behav
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Image processing and Quality Control for the first 10,000 brain imaging datasets from UK Biobank.
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Alfaro-Almagro F. et al, (2018), Neuroimage, 166, 400 - 424
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Associations between self-reported sleep quality and white matter in community-dwelling older adults: A prospective cohort study.
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Sexton CE. et al, (2017), Hum Brain Mapp, 38, 5465 - 5473
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Author response: Long-term cerebral white and gray matter changes after preeclampsia.
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Siepmann T. et al, (2017), Neurology, 89, 1309 - 1310