Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
630-01-008 ISMRM Abstract

Refining relaxometric constant in susceptibility source separation

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Susceptibility/QSM
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Microstructure
630-01-008 · Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: From Phase to Tissue Properties · Thursday, 14 May, 8:30 AM–10:20 AM · Meeting Room 2.60
Keywords: Electromagnetic Tissue Properties Relaxometry Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Susceptibility source separation Quantitative Magnetization Transfer
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Taechang Kim 1, Niklas Kuegler2,3, Shir Filo2, Agnieszka Z Burzynska2,4, Kerrin J Pine2, Mikhail Zubkov5, Puneet Talwar5, Gilles Vandewalle5, Guenther Grabner6, Simon Hametner7,8, Nikolaus Weiskopf2,9,10, Evgeniya Kirilina2, Jongho Lee1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
2Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
3International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Germany
4Brain Lab, College of Human and Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Colorado, United States of America
5GIGA Institute, CRC Human Imaging Unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
6Department of Medical Engineering, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Klagenfurt, Austria
7Division of Neuropathology and Neurochemistry, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
8Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences & Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
9Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
10Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Taechang Kim

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