Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
669-02-004 ISMRM Abstract

Quantitative oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) mapping in Huntington’s disease

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Arpita Misra 1, Ana-Maria Oros-Peusquens2, Kathrin Reetz2,3,4, Imis Dogan2,3,4, Jörg Schulz4, Yi Wang5,6, N. Jon Shah2,3,4, Junghun Cho1
1Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, United States of America
2FZJ - Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine 4, Germany
3JARA - BRAIN - Translational Medicine, Aachen, Germany
4RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
5Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States of America
6Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States of America
Presenting Author: Arpita Misra

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