Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
467-01-003 ISMRM Abstract

Multimodal MRI Biomarkers of Lesion Severity and Functional Outcome in a Rat Model of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

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Claudia Schrauwen1,2,3, Ignace Van Spilbeeck1,3, Joëlle van Rijswijk1,3, Johan Van Audekerke1,3, Annemie Van Eetveldt4, Nicolas Halloin2, Zoe Laermans1, Winnok H De Vos3,5,6, Aleks Jankovski 7, Charles Nicaise2, Marleen Verhoye 1,3, Daniele Bertoglio1,3
1Bio Imaging Lab, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
2URPhyM–NARILIS, University of Namur, Belgium
3µNEURO Center for Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
4Molecular Imaging Center Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
5Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
6Antwerp Centre for Advanced Microscopy, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
7Departement of Neurosurgery, Vivalia Hospital, Belgium
Presenting Author: Marleen Verhoye

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4. Irvine, K. A. et al., The Irvine, Beatties, and Bresnahan (IBB) forelimb recovery scale: an assessment of reliability and validity, Front Neurol 5, 116 (2014), doi: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00116. [doi]

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