Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
562-03-002 ISMRM Abstract

Subject-specific microstructure integration in virtual brain models: advancing Brain Digital Twin technologies

Primary: Neuro - White Matter
Secondary: Brain Function and fMRI - Functional Connectivity
562-03-002 · Machine Learning in Neuroimaging · Wednesday, 13 May, 1:40 PM–2:35 PM · Digital Posters Row C
Keywords: Structural Connectivity Microstructure Tractography The Virtual Brain Conduction Velocity
Accepted
Eleonora Lupi 1, Fulvia Palesi1, Anita Monteverdi2, Marta Gaviraghi1, Carolyn McNabb3, Pedro Luque Laguna3, Eirini Messaritaki3, Ilaria Gabusi4, Alessandro Daducci4, Marco Palombo3,5, Mara Cercignani3, Egidio D’Angelo1,2, Claudia A Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott
1Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
2Digital Neuroscience Centre, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
3Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
4Diffusion Imaging and Connectivity Estimation (DICE) Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
5School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Eleonora Lupi

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