Associate Professor of Radiology

Email: cmainero@mgh.harvard.edu

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Recent Publications

• Tommasin S, Giannì C, Treaba CA, Herranz E, Barletta V, Loggia ML, Pantano P, Mainero C. The association between white matter chronic inflammation and degeneration in multiple sclerosis: A combined 11C-PBR28 PET-MRI study. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2025 Apr. 96:106350
• Treaba CA, Herranz E, Barletta VT, Mehndiratta A, Sloane JA, Granberg T, Miscioscia A, Bomprezzi R, Loggia ML, Mainero C. Phenotyping in vivo chronic inflammation in multiple sclerosis by combined 11C-PBR28 MR-PET and 7T susceptibility-weighted imaging. Mult Scler. 2024 Dec. 30(14):1755-1764
• 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. 6(5):fcae359
• Bagnato F, Sati P, Hemond CC, Elliott C, Gauthier SA, Harrison DM, Mainero C, Oh J, Pitt D, Shinohara RT, Smith SA, Trapp B, Azevedo CJ, Calabresi PA, Henry RG, Laule C, Ontaneda D, Rooney WD, Sicotte NL, Reich DS, Absinta M. Imaging chronic active lesions in multiple sclerosis: a consensus statement. Brain. 2024 Sep 03. 147(9):2913-2933
• Miscioscia A, Mainero C, Treaba CA, Silvestri E, Scialpi G, Berardi A, Causin F, Anglani MG, Rinaldi F, Perini P, Puthenparampil M, Bertoldo A, Gallo P. The contribution of paramagnetic rim and cortical lesions to physical and cognitive disability at multiple sclerosis clinical onset: evaluating the power of MRI and OCT biomarkers. J Neurol. 2024 Oct. 271(10):6702-6714