Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
469-04-011 ISMRM Abstract

CEST-MRI (3.0T, 9.4T) Evaluation of the Role of Creatine Metabolism in Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in Knee Osteoarthritis.

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Yiou Wang 1, Tianzhao Zhong2, Tao Quan3, Qinglin Xie1, youbin Ding1, Peng Wu4, Zhongping Zhang4, Yanqiu Feng3, Yin Wu2, Xiaodong Zhang1
1The Third Affiliated Hospital Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
2Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
3School of Biomedical Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
4Philips Healthcare, Guangzhou, China
Presenting Author: Yiou Wang

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