Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
560-01-008 ISMRM Abstract

Magnetic susceptibility-derived intracellular volume fraction as a marker for tissue cellularity

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Susceptibility/QSM
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Microstructure
560-01-008 · New Developments in QSM I · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row A
Keywords: Glioblastoma Cellularity Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging Imaging biomarkers Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM)
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Giulia Debiasi 1, Oliver C Kiersnowski2, Giovanni Librizzi3,4, Luca Roccatagliata2,5, Renzo Manara3,4,6, Mauro Costagli2,7, Alessandra Bertoldo3,8, Chunlei Liu9,10
1Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
2IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
3Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
4Neuroradiology, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
5Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
6Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
7Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
8Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
9Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
10Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
Presenting Author: Giulia Debiasi

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