Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
469-01-005 ISMRM Abstract

Capacity Building for Reproducible ASL Perfusion Quantification in an African Cohort

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Channelle Tham 1, Harrison O Aduluwa2,3, Oumayma Soula4,5, Tolulope Olusuyi1, Victor Eze-Chukwuebuka6, Rachael Aninwigwe7, Danny J Wang8,9,10,11, Oluwateniola Akinwale12, Cristian A Montalba13,14,15,16, Surendra Maharjan17, Francis Botwe18, Abderrazek Zeraii19, Isaac M Tigbee20, Abraham I Awamba21, Alaa Bessadok22, Jeremiah O Daniel23, Bilkisu U Farouk24, Ernest O Darko25, Bankole Happiness26, Said I Said27, Maruf Adewole1,28, Mahmoud Mania29,30, Chinedu Udeh-Momoh31, Toyobo Oluyemisi2, Fatade Abiodun2, Matthias Fridreich32, Chinedum Anosike33, Anyanwu Benjamin6, Ethan C Draper34,35,36, Abdalla Z Mohamed37, Udunna Anazodo1,34,38,39
1Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab), Lagos, Nigeria
2Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Crestview Radiology Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria
3Integrated Program in Neurosciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
4Sfax University, Tunisia
5Faculty of Medicine, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
6Radiololgy, Regions Healthcare, Owerri, Nigeria
7Regions Healthcare, Owerri, Nigeria
8Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, United States of America
9Laboratory of FMRI Technology (LOFT), USC Mark & Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
10USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
11Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
12Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America
13Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering - iHEALTH, Santiago, Chile
14Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
15Biomedical Imaging Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
16Radiology Department, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
17Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States of America
18University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
19Higher Institute of Medical Technologies of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
20Department of Medical Imaging, University for Development studies, Tamale, Ghana
21Institute of Radiography, Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria(RRBN), Lagos, Nigeria
22Department of Computer Science, University of Carthage, Tunisia
23Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria
24Department of Radiology, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
25Department of Medical Imaging, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
26Department of Radiology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
27Department of Radiology, Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe, Nigeria
28Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America
29Sussex Neuroscience University of Sussex, United Kingdom
30Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC), Yobe, Nigeria, Nigeria
31Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, Kenya
32Radiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
33Accuread Radiology, Nigeria
34Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
35Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
36Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
37United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
38McGill University, Montreal, Canada
39Consortium for Advancement of MRI Education and Research in Africa, Canada
Presenting Author: Channelle Tham

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