Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
467-01-004 ISMRM Abstract

7T Spinal Cord T1 mapping : White Matter / Gray Matter MS Lesion Characteristics and Patient-Specific Damage

Primary: Neuro - Multiple Sclerosis
Secondary: Neuro - Spinal Cord
467-01-004 · Quantitative Imaging Beyond the CNS · Tuesday, 12 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row H
Keywords: Multiple Sclerosis Spinal Cord Z-score 7T T1 Mapping Normal-appearing MS tissue
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Nilser Laines-Medina 1,2,3,4, Samira Mchinda1,2, Benoit Testud1,2, Arnaud Le Troter1,2, Lauriane Pini1,2, Bertrand Audoin1,2, Jean Pelletier1,2, Sarah Demortière1,2, Julien Cohen-Adad3,4,5,6, Virginie Callot1,2
1Aix Marseille Univ, Marseille, France
2APHM, Marseille, France
3NeuroPoly Lab, Montreal, Canada
4Mila - Quebec AI Institute, Montreal, Canada
5Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Montreal, Canada
6Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada
Presenting Author: Nilser Laines-Medina

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