Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
531-03-011 / 531-03-011 ISMRM Abstract

Submillimeter mapping of diffusion and susceptibility MRI to characterize cortical microstructures

Primary: Diffusion - Microstructure
Secondary: Neuro - Gray Matter
531-03-011 · Exploring Brain Microstructure Across White Matter, Gray Matter, and in TBI · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:00 PM–5:36 PM · Roof Terrace
531-03-011 · Exploring Brain Microstructure Across White Matter, Gray Matter, and in TBI · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:00 PM–5:36 PM · Roof Terrace
Keywords: Gray Matter 7T Susceptibility source separation 3D EPTI Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
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Yuto Uchida1, Hyeong-Geol Shin1, Laura Gomez-Isaza1, Juan C Troncoso1, Adnan Bibic1, Julianna Gerold2, Dongsuk Sung3, Yohan Jun4,5,6, Fuyixue Wang2, Zijing Dong2, Susie Huang3, Berkin Bilgic2,7,8, Peter van Zijl9,10,11, Xu Li1, Kenichi Oishi 12
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America
2Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
3Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
4Deaprtment of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
5Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
6Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
7Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
8Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, United States of America
9The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology & Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
10Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
11F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, United States of America
12Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
Presenting Author: Kenichi Oishi

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