Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
271-01-046 / 505-03-002 ISMRM Abstract

Cortical myeloarchitectural types in a 75μm isotropic whole human brain ex-vivo dataset

Primary: Neuro - Gray Matter
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Segmentation and Detection
271-01-046 · ISMRM AMPC Selected Posters · Sunday, 10 May, 7:00 AM–2:00 PM · Traditional Posters
505-03-002 · Teasing Out the Microstructure of the Brain and Nervous System · Wednesday, 13 May, 1:40 PM–3:30 PM · Ballroom West
Keywords: Data Acquisition Data Analysis Ex-Vivo Applications Neuroscience Layered cortical myeloarchitecture
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Johannes Franz1, Omer Faruk Gulban1,2, Francisco J Fritz1,3, Luke J Edwards 1, Shubharthi Sengupta1, Sven Hildebrand1, Benedikt A Poser1, Judith Peters1, Katrin Amunts4,5, Alard Roebroeck1
1Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
2Brain innovation B.V., Maastricht, Netherlands
3Department of Systems Neurosciences, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
4Cécile and Oskar Vogt Institute for Brain Research, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
5Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Presenting Author: Luke J Edwards

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