Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
663-02-010 ISMRM Abstract

Unsupervised learning on AMURA diffusion metrics for white matter characterization in migraine clinical subgroups

Primary: Diffusion - DWI/DTI/DKI
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Classification and Prediction
663-02-010 · Diffusion: DWI/DTI/DKI · Thursday, 14 May, 9:25 AM–10:20 AM · Digital Posters Row D
Keywords: White Matter Diffusion MRI Clustering analysis Unsupervised machine learning Migraine
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Alessandra Gallo 1, Antonio Tristán-Vega1,2, Ángel L Guerrero3,4,5, David García-Azorín5,6, Santiago Aja-Fernández1,2, Rodrigo de Luis García1,2, Álvaro Planchuelo-Gómez1,2
1Imaging Processing Laboratory, UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID, Valladolid, Spain
2LPI-BIVa, Health Research Institute of Valladolid (IBioVALL), Valladolid, Spain
3Headache Unit-Department of Neurology, Headache Unit-Department of Neurology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
4INCEVAL, INCEVAL, Health Research Institute of Valladolid (IBioVALL), Valladolid, Spain
5Department of Medicine, UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID, Valladolid, Spain
6Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
Presenting Author: Alessandra Gallo

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