Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
271-01-009 / 405-04-003 ISMRM Abstract

Signatures of structural disorder in axons and glial processes in human white matter using time-dependent diffusion MRS

Primary: Diffusion - Simulation/Validation
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Spectroscopy
271-01-009 · ISMRM AMPC Selected Posters · Sunday, 10 May, 7:00 AM–2:00 PM · Traditional Posters
405-04-003 · From Diffusion Characteristics Toward Clinical Impact · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Ballroom West
Keywords: Diffusion-weighted MRI Diffusion-weighted MRS 1H MRS White matter microstructure Metabolite diffusion
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Jessie Mosso 1,2, Santiago Coelho1,2, Ricardo Coronado-Leija1,2, Valentin Stepanov1,2, Andrè Döring3, Roland Kreis4,5, Els Fieremans1,2, Dmitry S Novikov1,2
1Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
2Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R), Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
3CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
4Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Sitem-Insel, Bern, Switzerland
5Magnetic Resonance Methodology, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
Presenting Author: Jessie Mosso

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