Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
566-01-012 ISMRM Abstract

Novel Whole-Brain T1 Mapping Method for Investigation of the Blood-Brain Barrier in a Vascular Disease Cohort

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: relaxometry, multi-parametric, MR Fingerprinting, and synthetic MRI
Secondary: Neuro - Blood Vessels
566-01-012 · Detectable Changes in Dementia · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row G
Keywords: Relaxometry DCE-MRI Blood-brain barrier Contrast Enhancement Detection Carotid atherosclerosis
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Haley E Wiskoski 1,2, Juan C Arias1, Scott R French1, Summan Zahra1, Kevin Johnson3, Raza Mushtaq4,5, Theodore P Trouard6,7,8,9, Gene E Alexander9,10,11,12, Swati R Levendovszky13, Maria Altbach3,6,7,14, Craig C Weinkauf1
1Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
2Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
3Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
4Department of Neuroradiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, United States of America
5Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, United States of America
6Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
7Radiology and Imaging Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
8BIO5 Research Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
9Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
10Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
11University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
12Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, Phoenix, United States of America
13Department of Radiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, United States of America
14Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
Presenting Author: Haley E Wiskoski

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