Labounek, R., Bondy, M. T., Paulson, A., Bédard, S., Abramovic, M., Alonso-Ortiz, E., Atcheson, N., Barlow, L., Barry, R., Barth, M., Battiston, M., Büchel, C., Budde, M. D., Callot, V., Combes, A., De Leener, B., Descoteaux, M., Sousa, P. L. , Dostál, M., ... Nestrašil, I. (2025). Body size and intracranial volume interact with the structure of the central nervous system: A multi-center in vivo neuroimaging study. Imaging Neuroscience, 38 pages.
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Benjamin De Leener (95)
- Journal articles (42)
- 2025
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- 2024
Journal article Labounek, R., Bondy, M. T., Paulson, A. L., Bédard, S., Abramovic, M., Alonso Ortiz, E., Atcheson, N. T., Barlow, L. R., Barry, R. L., Barth, M., Battiston, M., Büchel, C., Budde, M. D., Callot, V., Combes, A., De Leener, B., Descoteaux, M., Loureiro de Sousa, P., Dostál, M., ... Nestrašil, I. (2024). Body size interacts with the structure of the central nervous system: A multi-center in vivo neuroimaging study. bioRxiv, 32 pages.Journal article Landelle, C., Kinany, N., De Leener, B., Murphy, N. D., Lungu, O., Marchand-Pauvert, V., Van De Ville, D., & Doyon, J. (2024). Cerebro-spinal somatotopic organization uncovered through functional connectivity mapping. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1-14.Journal article Dimitrijevic, A., Noblet, V., & De Leener, B. (2024). Impact of Initialization on Intra-subject Pediatric Brain MR Image Registration: A Comparative Analysis between SyN ANTs and Deep Learning-Based Approaches. The Journal of Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging, 2(Special), 916-954.Journal article Wesselink, E. O., Pool-Goudzwaard, A., De Leener, B., Law, C. S. W., Fenyo, M. B., Ello, G. M., Coppieters, M. W., Elliott, J. M., Mackey, S., & Weber, K. A. (2024). Investigating the associations between lumbar paraspinal muscle health and age, BMI, sex, physical activity and back pain using an automated computer-vision model : a UK biobank study. Spine Journal, 24(7), 1253-1266.Journal article Moia, S., Wang, H.-T., Sólon Heinsfeld, A., Jarecka, D., Yang, Y., Heunis, S., Svanera, M., De Leener, B., Gondová, A., Kim, S., Basavaraj, A., Bayer, J., Bayrak, R. G., Bazin, P.-L., Poyraz Bilgin, I., Bollmann, S., Borek, D., Borghesani, V., Ngoc Cao, T., ... Bijsterbosch, J. (2024). Proceedings of the OHBM Brainhack 2022. Aperture Neuro, 4, 18 pages.Journal article Weber, K. A., Wesselink, E. O., Gutierrez, J. M., Law, C. S., Mackey, S., Ratliff, J. K., Hu, S., Chaudhari, A., Pool-Goudzwaard, A., Coppieters, M. W., Elliott, J. M., Hancock, M. J., & De Leener, B. (2024). Three-dimensional spatial distribution of lumbar paraspinal intramuscular fat revealed by spatial parametric mapping. European Spine Journal, 9 pages.
- 2023
Journal article Landelle, C., Dahlberg, L. S., Lungu, O., Mišić, B., De Leener, B., & Doyon, J. (2023). Altered Spinal Cord Functional Connectivity Associated with Parkinson's Disease Progression. Movement Disorders, 38(4), 636-645.Journal article Blanc, C., Shahrampour, S., Mohamed, F. B., & De Leener, B. (2023). Combining PropSeg and a convolutional neural network for automatic spinal cord segmentation in pediatric populations and patients with spinal cord injury. International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, 33(4), 1396-1405.Journal article Richie-Halford, A., Cieslak, M., Ai, L., Caffarra, S., Covitz, S., Franco, A. R., Karipidis, I. I., Kruper, J., Milham, M. P., Avelar-Pereira, B., Roy, E. R., Sydnor, V. J., Yeatman, J. D., Abbott, N. J., Anderson, J. A. E., Gagana, B., Bleile, M.L., Bloomfield, P. S., Bottom, V., ... Omary, A. (2023). Erratum: An analysis-ready and quality controlled resource for pediatric brain white-matter research [Discussion or Letter]. Scientific Data, 10(1).Journal article Kinany, N., Landelle, C., De Leener, B., Lungu, O., Doyon, J., & Van De Ville, D. (2023). In vivo parcellation of the human spinal cord functional architecture. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1-17.Journal article Taherzadeh, M., Zhang, E., Londoño, I., De Leener, B., Wang, S., Cooper, J. D., Kennedy, T. E., Morales, C. R., Chen, Z., Lodygensky, G. A., & Pshezhetsky, A. V. (2023). Severe central nervous system demyelination in Sanfilippo disease. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 16, 16 pages.
- 2022
Journal article Richie-Halford, A., Cieslak, M., Ai, L., Caffarra, S., Covitz, S., Franco, A. R., Karipidis, I. I., Kruper, J., Milham, M. P., Avelar-Pereira, B., Roy, E., Sydnor, V. J., Yeatman, J. D., Abbott, N. J., Anderson, J. A. E., Gagana, B., Bleile, M.L., Bloomfield, P. S., Bottom, V., ... Rokem, A. (2022). An analysis-ready and quality controlled resource for pediatric brain white-matter research. Scientific Data, 9(1).Journal article Pierre, W. C., Zhang, E., Londoño, I., De Leener, B., Lesage, F., & Lodygensky, G. A. (2022). Non-invasive in vivo MRI detects long-term microstructural brain alterations related to learning and memory impairments in a model of inflammation-induced white matter injury. Behavioural Brain Research, 428, 113884 (13 pages).
- 2021
Journal article Shahrampour, S., De Leener, B., Alizadeh, M., Middleton, D., Krisa, L., Flanders, A. E., Faro, S. H., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mohamed, F. B. (2021). Atlas-based quantification of DTI measures in a typically developing pediatric spinal cord. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 42(9), 1727-1734.Journal article Cohen-Adad, J., Alonso Ortiz, E., Abramovic, M., Arneitz, C., Atcheson, N., Barlow, L., Barry, R., Barth, M., Battiston, M., Büchel, C., Budde, M. D., Callot, V., Combes, A. J. E., De Leener, B., Descoteaux, M., Sousa, P. L. , Dostál, M., Doyon, J., Dvorak, A., ... Xu, J. (2021). Author Correction: Open-access quantitative MRI data of the spinal cord and reproducibility across participants, sites and manufacturers. Scientific Data, 8(1), 251 (2 pages).Journal article Cohen-Adad, J., Alonso Ortiz, E., Abramovic, M., Arneitz, C., Atcheson, N., Barlow, L., Barry, R. L., Barth, M., Battiston, M., Büchel, C., Budde, M., Callot, V., Combes, A. J. E., De Leener, B., Descoteaux, M., de Sousa, P. L., Dostál, M., Doyon, J., Dvorak, A., ... Xu, J. (2021). Author Correction: Open-access quantitative MRI data of the spinal cord and reproducibility across participants, sites and manufacturers (vol 8, 219, 2021). Scientific Data, 8(1), 242 (1 page).Journal article Cohen-Adad, J., Alonso Ortiz, E., Abramovic, M., Arneitz, C., Atcheson, N., Barlow, L., Barry, R. L., Barth, M., Battiston, M., Büchel, C., Budde, M., Callot, V., Combes, A. J. E., De Leener, B., Descoteaux, M., de Sousa, P. L., Dostál, M., Doyon, J., Dvorak, A., ... Xu, J. (2021). Generic acquisition protocol for quantitative MRI of the spinal cord. Nature Protocols, 16(10), 4611-4632.Journal article Landelle, C., Lungu, O., Vahdat, S., Kavounoudias, A., Marchand-Pauvert, V., De Leener, B., & Doyon, J. (2021). Investigating the human spinal sensorimotor pathways through functional magnetic resonance imaging. NeuroImage, 245, 118684.Journal article Cohen-Adad, J., Alonso Ortiz, E., Abramovic, M., Arneitz, C., Atcheson, N., Barlow, L., Barry, R. L., Barth, M., Battiston, M., Büchel, C., Budde, M., Callot, V., Combes, A. J. E., De Leener, B., Descoteaux, M., de Sousa, P. L., Dostál, M., Doyon, J., Dvorak, A., ... Xu, J. (2021). Open-access quantitative MRI data of the spinal cord and reproducibility across participants, sites and manufacturers. Scientific Data, 8(1), 219 (17 pages).
- 2020
Journal article Mangeat, G., Ouellette, R., Wabartha, M., De Leener, B., Plattén, M., Karrenbauer, V. D., Warntjes, M., Stikov, N., Mainero, C., Cohen-Adad, J., & Granberg, T. (2020). Machine Learning and Multiparametric Brain MRI to Differentiate Hereditary Diffuse Leukodystrophy with Spheroids from Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Neuroimaging, 30(5), 674-682.Journal article Ouellette, R., Treaba, C. A., Granberg, T., Herranz, E., Barletta, V., Mehndiratta, A., De Leener, B., Tauhid, S., Yousuf, F., Dupont, S. M., Klawiter, E. C., Sloane, J. A., Bakshi, R., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mainero, C. (2020). 7 T imaging reveals a gradient in spinal cord lesion distribution in multiple sclerosis. Brain, 143(10), 2973-2987.
- 2019
Journal article Gros, C., De Leener, B., Badji, A., Maranzano, J., Eden, D., Dupont, S. M., Talbott, J., Zhuoquiong, R., Liu, Y., Granberg, T., Ouellette, R., Tachibana, Y., Hori, M., Kamiya, K., Chougar, L., Stawiarz, L., Hillert, J., Bannier, É., Kerbrat, A., ... Cohen-Adad, J. (2019). Automatic segmentation of the spinal cord and intramedullary multiple sclerosis lesions with convolutional neural networks. NeuroImage, 184, 901-915.Journal article Eden, D., Gros, C., Badji, A., Dupont, S. M., De Leener, B., Maranzano, J., Zhuoquiong, R., Liu, Y., Granberg, T., Ouellette, R., Stawiarz, L., Hillert, J., Talbott, J., Bannier, É., Kerbrat, A., Edan, G., Labauge, P., Callot, V., Pelletier, J., ... Cohen-Adad, J. (2019). Spatial distribution of multiple sclerosis lesions in the cervical spinal cord. Brain, 142(3), 633-646.
- 2018
Journal article Gros, C., De Leener, B., Dupont, S. M., Martin, A. R., Fehlings, M. G., Bakshi, R., Tummala, S., Auclair, V., McLaren, D. G., Callot, V., Cohen-Adad, J., & Sdika, M. (2018). Automatic spinal cord localization, robust to MRI contrasts using global curve optimization. Medical Image Analysis, 44, 215-227.Journal article Martin, A. R., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Cadotte, D. W., Nouri, A., Wilson, J. R., Tétreault, L., Crawley, A. P., Mikulis, D. J., Ginsberg, H., & Fehlings, M. G. (2018). Can microstructural MRI detect subclinical tissue injury in subjects with asymptomatic cervical spinal cord compression? A prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 8(4), e019809 (11 pages).Journal article Martin, A. R., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Kalsi-Ryan, S., Cadotte, D. W., Wilson, J. R., Tétreault, L., Nouri, A., Crawley, A., Mikulis, D. J., Ginsberg, H., Massicotte, E. M., & Fehlings, M. G. (2018). Monitoring for myelopathic progression with multiparametric quantitative MRI. PLOS One, 13(4), e0195733 (17 pages).Journal article De Leener, B., Fonov, V. S., Collins, D. L., Callot, V., Stikov, N., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2018). PAM50: Unbiased multimodal template of the brainstem and spinal cord aligned with the ICBM152 space. NeuroImage, 165, 170-179.
- 2017
Journal article Martin, A. R., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Cadotte, D. W., Kalsi-Ryan, S., Lange, S. F., Tetreault, L., Nouri, A., Crawley, A., Mikulis, D. J., Ginsberg, H., & Fehlings, M. G. (2017). A Novel MRI Biomarker of Spinal Cord White Matter Injury: T2*-Weighted White Matter to Gray Matter Signal Intensity Ratio. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 38(6), 1266-1273.Journal article Martin, A. R., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Cadotte, D. W., Kalsi-Ryan, S., Lange, S. F., Tetreault, L., Nouri, A., Crawley, A., Mikulis, D. J., Ginsberg, H., & Fehlings, M. G. (2017). Clinically Feasible Microstructural MRI to Quantify Cervical Spinal Cord Tissue Injury Using DTI, MT, and T2*-Weighted Imaging: Assessment of Normative Data and Reliability. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 38(6), 1257-1265.Journal article Dupont, S. M., De Leener, B., Taso, M., Le Troter, A., Nadeau, S., Stikov, N., Callot, V., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2017). Fully-integrated framework for the segmentation and registration of the spinal cord white and gray matter. NeuroImage, 150, 358-372.Journal article Ouellette, R., Granberg, T., Treaba, C. A., Herranz, E., De Leener, B., Sloane, J. A., Tauhid, S., Yousuf, F., Dupont, S. M., Klawiter, E. C., Bakshi, R., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mainero, C. (2017). In vivo characterization of grey and white matter spinal cord pathology in multiple sclerosis using ultra high field MRI (P4.365). Neurology, 88(16_supplem).Journal article De Leener, B., Lévy, S., Dupont, S. M., Fonov, V. S., Stikov, N., Collins, D. L., Callot, V., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2017). SCT: Spinal Cord Toolbox, an open-source software for processing spinal cord MRI data. NeuroImage, 145, 24-43.Journal article Prados, F., Ashburner, J., Blaiotta, C., Brosch, T., Carballido-Gamio, J., Cardoso, M. J., Conrad, B. N., Datta, E., Dávid, G., De Leener, B., Dupont, S. M., Freund, P., Wheeler-Kingshott, C. A. M. G., Grussu, F., Henry, R., Landman, B. A., Ljungberg, E., Lyttle, B., Ourselin, S., ... Cohen-Adad, J. (2017). Spinal cord grey matter segmentation challenge. NeuroImage, 152, 312-329.Journal article De Leener, B., Mangeat, G., Dupont, S., Martin, A. R., Callot, V., Stikov, N., Fehlings, M. G., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2017). Topologically Preserving Straightening of Spinal Cord MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 46(4), 1209-1219.
- 2016
Journal article Craddock, R. C., Margulies, D. S., Bellec, P., Nichols, B. N., Alcauter, S., Barrios, F. A., Burnod, Y., Cannistraci, C. J., Cohen-Adad, J., De Leener, B., Déry, S., Downar, J., Dunlop, K., Franco, A. R., Froehlich, C. S., Gerber, A. J., Ghosh, S. S., Grabowski, T. J., Hill, S., ... Xu, T. (2016). Brainhack: a collaborative workshop for the open neuroscience community. GigaScience, 5(1), 1-8.Journal article Martin, A. R., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Aleksanderek, I., Cadotte, D. W., Kalsi-Ryan, S., Tétreault, L., Crawley, A., Ginsberg, H. J., & Fehlings, M. G. (2016). Microstructural MRI Quantifies Tract-Specific Injury and Correlates With Global Disability and Focal Neurological Deficits in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Neurosurgery, 63(CN_suppl_1), 165-165.Journal article De Leener, B., Taso, M., Cohen-Adad, J., & Callot, V. (2016). Segmentation of the human spinal cord. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 29(2), 125-153.
- 2015
Journal article De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., & Kadoury, S. (2015). Automatic Segmentation of the spinal cord and spinal canal coupled with vertebral labeling. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 34(8), 1705-1718.Journal article Yiannakas, M. C., Mustafa, A. M., De Leener, B., Kearney, H., Tur, C., Altmann, D. R., De Angelis, F., Plantone, D., Ciccarelli, O., Miller, D. H., Cohen-Adad, J., & Wheeler-Kingshott, C. A. M. G. (2015). Fully automated segmentation of the cervical cord from T1-weighted MRI using PropSeg: Application to multiple sclerosis. NeuroImage - Clinical, 10, 71-77.
- 2014
Journal article Fonov, V. S., Le Troter, A., Taso, M., De Leener, B., Lévêque, G., Benhamou, M., Sdika, M., Benali, H., Pradat, P.-F., Collins, D. L., Callot, V., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2014). Framework for integrated MRI average of the spinal cord white and gray matter: The MNI-Poly-AMU template. NeuroImage, 102, 817-827.Journal article De Leener, B., Kadoury, S., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2014). Robust, accurate and fast automatic segmentation of the spinal cord. NeuroImage, 98, 528-536.
- 2025
- Conference papers (51)
- 2024
Conference paper Ridani, D., De Leener, B., & Alonso Ortiz, E. (2024, May). A realistic in-silico brain phantom for magnetic susceptibility-separation algorithm validation [Paper]. ISMRM & ISMRT annual Meeting & Exhibition, Singapore. Published in Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition.Conference paper Dimitrijevic, A., Dégeilh, F., & De Leener, B. (2024, May). Can We Distinguish Intra- and Inter-Variability with Log Jacobian Maps Derived from Brain Morphological Deformations Using Pediatric MRI Scans? [Paper]. ISMRM 23rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Singapore. Published in Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition.Conference paper Dimitrijevic, A., Dégeilh, F., & De Leener, B. (2024, May). Can we distinguish intra- and inter-variability with log jacobian maps derived from brain morphological deformations using pediatric scans? [Abstract]. ISMRM & ISMRT annual meeting & exhibition, Singapore.Conference paper St-Onge, S., Coustaury, C., Landelle, C., Solstrand Dahlberg, L., Lungu, O., Doyon, J., & De Leener, B. (2024, May). Parkinson's disease in the spinal cord : an exploratory study to establish T2*w, MTR and diffusion-weighted imaging metric values [Abstract]. ISMRM & ISMRT annual meeting & exhibition, Singapore.Conference paper St-Onge, S., Coustaury, C. M. S., Landelle, C., Dahlberg, L. L., Lungu, O., Doyon, J., & De Leener, B. (2024, May). Parkinson's disease in the spinal cord: an exploratory study to establish T2*w, MTR and diffusion-weighted imaging metric values [Paper]. ISMRM & ISMRT annual Meeting & Exhibition, Singapore. Published in Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition.
- 2023
Conference paper Zhang, E., Londoño, I., Fouquet, J. P., Pshezhetsky, A. V., De Leener, B., & Lodygensky, G. A. (2023, June). Diffusion Bubble Model: A Novel Method For Detecting Neuroinflammation in Mouse Brain With Sanfilippo Syndrome [Paper]. ISMRM & ISMRT annual Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, ON, Canada. Published in Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition.Conference paper Blostein, N., Banerjee, R., Bédard, S., Shahrampour, S., De Leener, B., Mohamed, F. B., Middleton, D., Krisa, L., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2023, May). Multimodal pediatric spinal cord template [Paper]. QBIN Scientific Day 2023, Laval, Qc, Canada.Conference paper Shahrampour, S., Alizadeh, M., Middleton, D., De Leener, B., Krisa, L., Flanders, A. E., Faro, S. H., Cohen-Adad, J., Mulcahey, M.J., & Mohamed, F. B. (2023, June). Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging to quantify the macro and microstructural changes in normal and pediatrics with spinal cord injury [Poster]. ISMRM & ISMRT annual Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, ON, Canada.Conference paper Shahrampour, S., Alizadeh, M., Middleton, D. M., De Leener, B., Krisa, L., Flanders, A. E., Faro, S. H., Cohen-Adad, J., Mulcahey, M. J., & Mohamed, F. B. (2023, June). Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Quantify the Macro and Microstructural Changes in Normal and Pediatrics with Spinal Cord Injury [Abstract]. ISMRM & ISMRT annual Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, ON, Canada. Published in Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition.
- 2022
Conference paper Dimitrijevic, A., Noblet, V., & De Leener, B. (2022, July). Deep learning-based longitudinal intra-subject registration of pediatric brain MR images [Paper]. 10th International Workshop on Biomedical Image Registration (WBIR 2022), Munich, Germany (5 pages).Conference paper Dimitrijevic, A., Noblet, V., & De Leener, B. (2022, May). Medical image registration using deep learning techniques applied to pediatric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans [Paper]. 31st ISMRT Joint annual meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB, London, England.
- 2020
Conference paper Shahrampour, S., De Leener, B., Middleton, D., Alizadeh, M., Krisa, L., Flanders, A., Faro, S., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mohamed, F. (2020, August). Development of pediatric spinal cord white matter atlas : preliminary analysis [Presentation]. In 2020 Joint annual meeting ISMRM & ISMRT.Conference paper Alonso Ortiz, E., Gros, C., Foias, A., Abramovic, M., Ameitz, C., Atcheson, N., Barlow, L., Barry, R. L., Barth, M., Battiston, M., Buchel, C., Budde, M., Callot, V., De Leener, B., Descoteaux, M., De Sousa, P. L., Dostal, M., Doyon, J., Dvorak, A., ... Cohen-Adad, J. (2020, August). Quantitative MRI of the spinal cord : reproducibility and normative values across 40 sites [Paper]. ISMRM & SMRT annual Meeting & Exhibition (ISMRM 2020).
- 2019
Conference paper Ouellette, R., Treaba, C. A., Granberg, T., Herranz, E., Barletta, V., Mehndiratta, A., De Leener, B., Tauhid, S., Yousuf, F., Dupont, S., Klawiter, E. C., Sloane, J. A., Bakshi, R., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mainero, C. (2019, September). Characterization of outer and inner spinal cord pathology in multiple sclerosis by 7 Tesla imaging [Abstract]. 35th Congress of the European-Committee-for-Treatment-and-Research-in-Multiple-Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) and 24th Annual Conference of Rehabilitation in MS, Stockholm, Sweden. Published in Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 25(2_suppl).Conference paper Shahrampour, S., De Leener, B., Middleton, D., Jonnavithula, K., Alizadeh, M., Pediyakkal, H. F., Krisa, L., Flanders, A., Faro, S., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mohamed, F. (2019, May). Development of a standardized normative pediatric spinal cord structural template : demonstration of an automatic estimation of spinal cord cross sectional area measurements (SCCSA) [Paper]. ISMRM 27th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Montréal, QC, Canada.Conference paper Shahrampour, S., De Leener, B., Middleton, D., Jonnavithula, K., Alizadeh, M., Pediyakkal, H., Krisa, L., Flanders, A., Faro, S., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mohamed, F. (2019, May). Development of a standardized normative pediatric spinal cord structural template : demonstration of an automatic estimation of spinal cord cross sectional area measurements (SCCSA) [Presentation]. In 57th ASNR Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA.Conference paper Kerbrat, A., Gros, C., Badji, A., Bannier, E., Combes, B., Galassi, F., Labauge, P., Ayrignac, X., Dalliere, C. C., Pinna, F., De Leener, B., Eden, D., Maranzano, J., Zhuoquiong, R., Granberg, T., Stawiarz, L., Hillert, J., Ouellette, R., Talbott, J., ... Cohen-Adad, J. (2019, September). Multiple sclerosis lesions in motor tracts from the brain to the cervical cord: spatial distribution and correlation with functional deficits [Abstract]. 35th Congress of the European-Committee-for-Treatment-and-Research-in-Multiple-Sclerosis (ECTRIMS 2019) and 24th Annual Conference of Rehabilitation in MS, Stockholm, Sweden. Published in Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 25(2_suppl).Conference paper Kerbrat, A., Gros, C., Badji, A., Bannier, É., Galassi, F., Combes, B., Labauge, P., Ayrignac, X., Dallière, C. C., Pinna, F., De Leener, B., Eden, D., Maranzano, J., Zhuoquiong, R., Granbert, T., Stawiarz, L., Hillert, J., Ouellette, R., Talbott, J. F., ... Cohen-Adad, J. (2019, May). Spatial distribution of multiple sclerosis lesions along the brain and spinal motor tracts and correlation with functional deficits [Paper]. ISMRM 27th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Montréal, QC, Canada.
- 2018
Conference paper Ouellette, R., Treaba, C. A., Granberg, T., Barletta, V., Herranz E., T., Mangeat, G., Mehndiratta, A., Tauhid, S., Yousuf, F., De Leener, B., Dupont, S., Sloane, J. A., Bakshi, R., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mainero, C. (2018, October). Characterization of multiple sclerosis grey and white matter pathology in the brain and spinal cord at 7 Tesla MRI [Poster]. 34th Congress of the European-Committee-for-Treatment-and-Research-in-Multiple-Sclerosis (ECTRIMS 2018), Berlin, Germany. Published in Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 24(2).Conference paper Ouellette, R., Treaba, C. A., Granberg, T., Barletta, V., Herranz, E., Mangeat, G., Mehndiratta, A., Tauhid, S., Yousuf, F., De Leener, B., Dupont, S., Sloane, J. A., Bakshi, R., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mainero, C. (2018, October). Characterization of multiple sclerosis grey and white matter pathology in the brain and spinar cord at 7 Tesla MRI [Paper]. 34th congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Berlin, Germany.Conference paper Shahrampour, S., De Leener, B., Middleton, D., Jonnavithula, K., Alizadeh, M., Pediyakkal, H., Flanders, A., Faro, S., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mohamed, F. (2018, June). Development of a standardized normative pediatric spinal cord structural template : demonstration of an automatic estimation of spinal cord corss sectional area measurements (SCCSA) [Paper]. ASNR 56th annual meeting, Vancouver, CB.Conference paper Shahrampour, S., De Leener, B., Middleton, D., Flanders, A., Faro, S., Cohen-Adad, J., Alizadeh, M., Krisa, L., & Mohamed, F. (2018, June). Volumetric analysis of pediatric spinal cord structural MRI data using SCT [Paper]. ASNR 56th annual meeting, Vancouver, CB.
- 2017
Conference paper Ouellette, R., Treaba, C. A., Granberg, T., Herranz, E., Barletta, V., De Leener, B., Tauhid, S., Yousuf, F., Dupont, S., Klawiter, E. C., Sloane, J. A., Bakshi, R., Cohen-Adad, J., & Mainero, C. (2017, October). Characterization of spinal cord pathology and its correlates at ultra-high field MRI [Paper]. 7th Joint European-Committee-for-Treatment-and-Research-in-Multiple-Sclerosis (ECTRIMS)-Americas-Committee-for-Treatment-and-Research-in-Multiple-Scle rosis (ACTRIMS), Paris, France. Published in Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 23(3_suppl).Conference paper Mangeat, G., De Leener, B., Karrenbauer, V. D., Warntjes, M., Stikov, N., Mainero, C., Cohen-Adad, J., & Granberg, T. (2017, April). Fast multivariate relaxometry can differentiate neurodegenerative disease processes and phenotypes [Paper]. ISMRM 25th annual meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawai.Conference paper Porisky, A., Brosch, T., Ljungberg, E., Tang, L. Y. W., Yoo, Y., De Leener, B., Traboulsee, A., Cohen-Adad, J., & Tam, R. (2017, September). Grey matter segmentation in spinal cord mris via 3D convolutional encoder networks with shortcut connections [Paper]. 3rd International Workshop on Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis (DLMIA 2017) and 7th International Workshop on Multimodal Learning for Clinical Decision Support (ML-CDS 2017) held in Conjunction with 20th International Conference on Medical Image Co, Québec City, QC, Canada.Conference paper Martin, A. R., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Cadotte, D. W., Wilson, J. R., Tétreault, L., Lange, S. F., Nouri, A., Crawley, A., Mikulis, D. J., Ginsberg, H., & Fehlings, M. G. (2017, April). Multi-Parametric Cervical Spinal Cord MRI Provides An Accurate Diagnostic Tool for Detecting Clinical Myelopathy [Presentation]. In ISMR 25th annual meeting and Exhibition, Honolulu, HI, USA.Conference paper Martin, A. R., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Cadotte, D. W., Wilson, J. R., Tétreault, L., Nouri, A., Crawley, A., Mikulis, D. J., Ginsberg, H., & Fehlings, M. G. (2017, April). Multi-parametric spinal cord MRI detects subclinical tissue injury in asymptomatic cervical spinal cord compression [Poster]. ISMRM 25th annual meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawai.Conference paper Gros, C., De Leener, B., Dupont, S. M., Martin, A. R., Fehlings, M. G., Bakshi, R., Tummala, S., Auclair, V., McLaren, D. G., Callot, V., Sdika, M., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2017, September). OptiC: Robust and automatic spinal cord localization on a large variety of MRI data using a distance transform based global optimization [Paper]. 20th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2017), Québec City, QC, Canada.Conference paper De Leener, B., Fonov, V., Collins, D. L., Callot, V., Stikov, N., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2017, April). PAM50 : multimodal template of the brainstem and spinal cord compatible with the ICBM152 space [Poster]. ISMRM 25th annual meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawai.Conference paper Van Assel, C., Mangeat, G., De Leener, B., Stikov, N., Mainero, C., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2017, April). Partial volume effect correction for surface-based cortical mapping [Paper]. ISMRM 25th annual meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawai.Conference paper De Leener, B., Granberg, T., Fink, K., Stikov, N., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2017, April). Repeatability and reproducibility of spinal cord atrophy measurements in a multiple sclerosis population using the spinal cord toolbox [Paper]. ISMRM 25th annual meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawai.Conference paper Gros, C., De Leener, B., Martin, A. R., Fehlings, M. G., Callot, V., Stikov, N., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2017, April). Robust and automatic spinal cord detection on multiple MRI contrasts using machine learning [Paper]. ISMRM 25th annual meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawai.Conference paper Martin, A. R., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Cadotte, D. W., Kalsi-Ryan, S., Wilson, J. R., Tétreault, L., Nouri, A., Crawley, A., Mikulis, D. J., Ginsberg, H., & Fehlings, M. G. (2017, April). Toward clinical translation of quantitative spinal cord MRI : serial monitoring to identify disease progression in patients with degenerative cervical myelophaty [Paper]. ISMRM 25th annual meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawai.
- 2016
Conference paper Martin, A. R., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Aleksanderek, I., Cadotte, D. W., & Fehlings, M. G. (2016, October). A clinically feasible quantitative MRI protocol to assess tissue injury in the cervical spinal cord using DTI, MT, and T2*-weighted imaging : reliability and variations with confounding variables [Paper]. 31st NASS annual meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.Conference paper Martin, A. R., De Leener, B., Aleksanderek, I., Cohen-Adad, J., Cadotte, D. W., Kalsi-Ryan, S., Tétreault, L., Crawley, A. P., Ginsberg, H., Mikulis, D., & Fehlings, M. G. (2016, May). A Prospective Longitudinal Study in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Using Quantitative Microstructural MRI with Tract-Specific Metrics [Poster]. 24th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Singapore.Conference paper Aleem, I., Xu, Y., Rampersaud, Y. R., Pahuta, M., St-Pierre, G. H., Crawford, E. W., Zarrabian, M., Yang, M., Scheer, J. K., Lou, E., Malleck, S., Soroceanu, A., White, B., Holtz, K. A., Fallah, N., Noonan, V. K., Finkelstein, J., Rivers, C. S., Tee, J., ... Badley, E. M. (2016, February). Canadian Spine Society1.01: Do lumbar decompression and fusion patients recall their preoperative status? Recall bias in patient-reported outcomes1.02: Trends and costs of lumbar fusion and disc replacement surgeries in Ontario: a population-based study1.03: Ontario's Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics (ISAEC): patient, provider and system impact of an integrated model of care for the management of LBP1.04: Validation of the self-administered online assessment of … [Paper]. 16th Annual Scientific Conference - Canadian Spine Society, The Fairmont Château Whistler, Whistler, British Columbia. Published in Canadian Journal of Surgery, 59(3 Suppl 2).Conference paper Martin, A., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Aleksanderek, I., Cadotte, D., Crawley, A., Ginsberg, H., Mikulis, D., & Fehlings, M. (2016, June). Clinically Feasible Microstructural MRI to Assess Cervical Spinal Cord Tissue Injury: Methods, Normative data, and Reliability [Abstract]. 34th Annual National Neurotrauma Symposium, Lexington, Kentucky. Published in Journal of Neurotrauma, 33(13).Conference paper Badoual, A., Gérard, M., De Leener, B., Abi-Jaoudeh, N., & Kadoury, S. (2016, April). 3D vascular path planning of chemo-embolizations using segmented hepatic arteries from MR angiography [Paper]. 13th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2016), Prague, Czech Republic.Conference paper Dupont, S., De Leener, B., Taso, M., Stikov, N., Callot, V., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2016, May). Fully-integrated framework for registration of spinal cord white and gray matter [Poster]. 24th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Singapore.Conference paper De Leener, B., Taso, M., Fonov, V., Le Troter, A., Stikov, N., Collins, L., Callot, V., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2016, May). Fully-integrated T1, T2, T2*, white and gray matter atlases of the spinal cord [Poster]. 24th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Singapore.Conference paper Martin, A., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Aleksanderek, I., Cadotte, D., Kalsi-Ryan, S., Tétreault, L., Crawley, A., Ginsberg, H., Mikulis, D., & Fehlings, M. (2016, June). Microstructural Cervical Spinal Cord MRI Quantifies Tract-Specific Injury and Correlates with Global and Focal Deficits [Abstract]. 34th Annual National Neurotrauma Symposium, Lexington, Kentucky. Published in Journal of Neurotrauma, 33(13).
- 2015
Conference paper Yiannakas, M. C., Mustafa, A., De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., Kearney, H., Miller, D. H., & Wheeler-Kingshott, C. A. M. G. (2015, May). Fully automated segmentation of the cervical spinal cord using PropSeg: application to multiple sclerosis [Paper]. ISMRM 23rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Conference paper Martin, A. R., Aleksanderek, I., Cohen-Adad, J., Cadotte, D. W., Kalsi-Ryan, S., Nugaeva, N., De Leener, B., Mikulis, D. J., Crawley, A. P., Ginsberg, H., & Fehlings, M. G. (2015, March). Next-generation MRI of the human spinal cord : quantitative imaging biomarkers for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) [Paper]. 13th Imaging Network Ontario Symposium (IMNO 2015), London, Ontario.Conference paper Martin, A. R., Aleksanderek, I., Cohen-Adad, J., Cadotte, D. W., Kalsi-Ryan, S., Nugaeva, N., De Leener, B., Mikulis, D., Crawley, A. P., Ginsberg, H., & Fehlings, M. G. (2015, September). Next-Generation MRI of the Human Spinal Cord: Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) [Paper]. 31th Annual Meeting of The Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.Conference paper De Leener, B., Roux, A., Taso, M., Callot, V., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2015, May). Spinal cord gray and white matter segmentation using atlas deformation [Paper]. ISMRM 23rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Conference paper De Leener, B., Roux, A., Levy, S., Duval, T., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2015, May). Spinal Cord Toolbox: Automated Software For Processing Quantitative MRI Data Of The Spinal Cord [Paper]. 4th ISCoS And Asia Joint Scientific Meeting, Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Touati, J., Taso, M., Fonov, V., Le Troter, A., De Leener, B., Collins, D. L., Callot, V., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2015, May). T1 and T2 template of the human brainstem and spinal cord [Paper]. ISMRM 23rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Conference paper De Leener, B., Roux, A., Touati, J., Levy, S., Taso, M., Fonov, V., Collins, D. L., Callot, V., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2015, May). Template-based analysis of multi-parametric MRI data with the Spinal Cord Toolbox [Paper]. ISMRM 23rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- 2014
Conference paper De Leener, B., Cohen-Adad, J., & Kadoury, S. (2014, February). Automatic 3D segmentation of spinal cord MRI using propagated deformable models [Paper]. Medical Imaging 2014: Image Processing, San Diego, California, USA.Conference paper De Leener, B., Ullmann, E., Kadoury, S., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2014, June). PropSeg : automatic spinal cord segmentation method for MR images using propagated deformation models [Paper]. 20th Annual Meeting of OHBM, Hamburg, Germany.Conference paper Cohen-Adad, J., De Leener, B., Benhamou, M., Cadotte, D., Fleet, D., Cadotte, A., Fehlings, M. G., Pelletier Paquette, J. F., Thong, W., Taso, M., Collins, D. L., Callot, V., & Fonov, V. (2014, June). Spinal cord toolbox : an open-source framework for processing spinal cord MRI data [Paper]. 20th Annual Meeting of OHBM, Hamburg, Germany.
- 2024
- Theses (2)
- 2017
Thesis De Leener, B. (2017). Development of an MRI Template and Analysis Pipeline for the Spinal Cord and Application in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- 2014
Thesis De Leener, B. (2014). Segmentation automatique de la moelle épinière sur des images de résonance magnétique par propagation de modèles déformables [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- 2017