Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
301-04-006 ISMRM Abstract

Myelin Water Fraction mapping from T1 relaxometry for multisite datasets harmonization

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: relaxometry, multi-parametric, MR Fingerprinting, and synthetic MRI
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Relaxometry
301-04-006 · Innovations in Contrast Mechanisms for MRI · Monday, 11 May, 4:10 PM–6:00 PM · Hall 1A
Keywords: Reproducibility Harmonization Multicentric studies T1 relaxometry Myelin water fraction
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Marta Lancione 1, Matteo Cencini1, Domenico Aquino2, Cristina Baldoli3, Graziella Donatelli4, Maurizio Elia5,6, Francesco Ghielmetti2, Domenico Montanaro1, Ilaria Neri3,7, Anna Nigri2, Rosa Pasquariello1, Salvatore Pettinato5, Salvatore Romano5, Alessandro A Sbrizzi8, Paola Scifo3, Oscar van der Heide8, Edwin Versteeg8, Laura Biagi1, Michela Tosetti1
1IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy
2Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy
3IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
4IMAGO7 Research Foundation, Pisa, Italy
5Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy
6Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
7Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
8University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Presenting Author: Marta Lancione

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