W.H. Backes

Imperatori, M., Hoeijmakers, E. J. I., Vergoossen, L. W. M., Adolphi, N. L., Leyva, N., Garcia, M. A., Campen, M. J., & Backes, W. H. (2026). Can microplastics be visualised with MRI? European Journal of Radiology, 204, Article 113074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2026.113074

Drenthen, G. S., Backes, W. H., Staals, J., van Dinther, M., Voorter, P. H. M., Lee, J., Kohler, S., Jansen, W. J., & Jansen, J. F. A. (2026). An improved combination of T1-weighted and FLAIR contrasts for myelin water imaging. Neuroimage, 339, Article 122182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122182

Xu, Y.-Y., Chappell, F. M., Valdes Hernandez, M., Arteaga Reyes, C., Clancy, U., Jaime Garcia, D., Makin, S., Stringer, M., Thrippleton, M., Wiseman, S., Cheng, Y., Liu, D. X., Brown, R., Doubal, F., Deary, I. J., Cox, S., Kerkhofs, D., Staals, J., Backes, W., ... Wardlaw, J. M. (2026). Quantitative Relationship Between White Matter Hyperintensity Volume and Fazekas Score on Brain MRI. Stroke, 57(9), 2801-2812. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.055101

Ukropcova, K., Deckers, K., Koster, A., de Jong, J. J. A., Jansen, J. F. A., Backes, W. H., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., van der Kallen, C., Schram, M. T., Kohler, S., & van Gils, V. (2026). Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness with structural brain networks in ageing: insights from The Maastricht Study. Geroscience. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-026-02329-1

van der Panne, S. A., Durrant, H., Heuer, J. F., Kancheva, I., Stellingwerf, A., Verkaar, L. T. K. M., Verstappen, D., Mossel, P., Backes, W. H., Bakker, E. N. T. P., Claassen, J. A. H. R., Verbeek, M. M., van der Weerd, L., van Osch, M. J. P., & de Vries, H. E. (2026). Measuring blood-brain barrier dysfunction: a critical appraisal of fluid biomarkers, in vitro models, in vivo imaging, and post-mortem approaches. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 22(3), Article e71263. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.71263

Uher, D., Drenthen, G. S., van de Weijer, T., van der Pol, J., Hoeberigs, C. M., Hofman, P. A. M., Springer, S., Rouhl, R. P. W., Colon, A. J., Schijns, O. E. M. G., Backes, W. H., & Jansen, J. F. A. (2026). Lateralization of FDG-PET Hypometabolism Using Resting-State fMRI in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Simultaneous PET-MRI Study. Tomography, 12(3), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography12030030

Berends, E., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Backes, W. H., Dagnelie, P. C., Jansen, J. F. A., Galan, B. E. D., Greevenbroek, M. M. J. V., Kohler, S., Schram, M. T., Wesselius, A., Oostenbrugge, R. J., Foulquier, S., & Schalkwijk, C. G. (2026). Associations between methylglyoxal and cerebral small vessel disease and cognitive function-The Maastricht Study. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, 35(3), Article 108578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2026.108578

Drenthen, G. S., Backes, W. H., Kohler, S., Deckers, K., Schram, M. T., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Jansen, W. J., & Jansen, J. F. A. (2026). The role of modifiable risk factors on the cerebral myelin content and cognition: findings from The Maastricht Study. Geroscience. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-026-02206-x

Voigt, S., de Jong, J. J. A., Voorter, P. H. M., Koemans, E. A., Schipper, M. R., van der Plas, M. C., Kaushik, K., van der Zwet, R. G. J., van Dort, R., van den Brink, H., van Veluw, S. J., van Osch, M. J. P., van Walderveen, M. A. A., Backes, W. H., Wermer, M. J. H., & Freeze, W. M. (2026). Contrasting patterns of leptomeningeal and parenchymal gadolinium extravasation in cerebral amyloid angiopathy: An MRI-based evaluation. International journal of stroke. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930261424089

van Lanen, R. H. G. J., Uher, D., Hoeberigs, C. M. C., Hofman, P. A. M., Santegoeds, R., Wiggins, C., Tse, D. H. Y., Steijvers, E. G. M., Jansen, J. F. A., Drenthen, G. S., Roebroeck, A., Ivanov, D., Poser, B. A., van Kuijk, S. M. J., Hoogland, G., Rijkers, K., Wagner, L. G. L., Widman, G., Beckervordersandforth, J., ... ACE Epilepsy Surgery Group (2026). Value of ultra-high-field MRI in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy and negative 3T MRI (EpiUltraStudy): Diagnostic gain of 7T structural analysis. Epilepsia, 67(2), 791-804. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.18682