Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
608-01-001 ISMRM Abstract

Quantitative Intracranial Vessel Wall Imaging Features Differentiate Atherosclerosis, Vasculitis, and RCVS

Primary: Neuro - Blood Vessels
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Classification and Prediction
608-01-001 · Vessel Wall Imaging · Thursday, 14 May, 8:30 AM–10:20 AM · Meeting Room 1.60
Keywords: Atherosclerosis Quantitative Imaging Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome Cardiovascular interventions Intracranial vessel wall MRI
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Dan Cheng1, Yin Guo2, Mona Kharaji3, Beibei Sun3, Hisham Alfarra1, mohamad H mosi, Zhiwei Tan2, Xin Wang4, SeyyedKazem HashemizadehKolowri5, Chun Yuan4, Niranjan Balu 2, Mahmud Mossa-Basha1
1Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
3Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
4University of Washington School of Medicine, SEALLTE, United States of America
5Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States of America
Presenting Author: Niranjan Balu

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