Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
504-02-005 ISMRM Abstract

Probing water exchange and structural disorder in the human brain with oscillating-gradient diffusion MRI

Primary: Diffusion - Microstructure
Secondary: Diffusion - Diffusion Modeling
504-02-005 · Probing Brain Microstructure with Water: Applications · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Ballroom East
Keywords: Microstructural imaging Water exchange OGSE diffusion imaging Human brain Frequency-dependent diffusion MRI
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Dongsuk Sung 1, Kwok-Shing Chan1, Julianna Gerold1, Wen Zhong2, Jialan Zheng2, Qiyuan Tian2,3, Hua Guo2, Susie Huang1, Hong Hsi Lee1
1Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
2School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
3Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Presenting Author: Dongsuk Sung

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