Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
665-04-013 ISMRM Abstract

Functional plant MRI: Propagator-based velocity mapping of flow in vascular bundles in a 9.4-T microimaging system.

Primary: Preclinical Animal & in vitro MR - Biology, Models, Methods
Secondary: Preclinical Animal & in vitro MR - Other Preclinical
665-04-013 · MR in Organoid/Phantom/Plant/Serum · Thursday, 14 May, 2:35 PM–3:30 PM · Digital Posters Row F
Keywords: Velocity & Flow Q-Space Imaging Plant MRI
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Sébastien Bär1, Noah Knorr 1,2, Dominik von Elverfeldt1, Jochen Leupold1, Linnea Hesse2
1University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2Biomimetics Group, Institute of Wood Science, Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany
Presenting Author: Noah Knorr

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