Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
301-03-009 ISMRM Abstract

Metabolomic and cell viability of live rat 3D-brain organoids in an in-house-designed bioreactor for MRS and MRI at 9.4 T

Primary: Preclinical Animal & in vitro MR - Biology, Models, Methods
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Spectroscopy
301-03-009 · Neuroimaging and Spectroscopy in Experimental Models · Monday, 11 May, 1:50 PM–3:40 PM · Hall 1A
Keywords: Metabolism Tissue Characterization Microstructure Spectroscopy Brain organoids
Accepted
Eloise Mougel 1,2, Pauline Léal3, Tan Toi Phan1,2, Cristiana Centofanti3, Marc Lanzillo3, Rita Oliveira4, Dario Sessa1,2, jocelyn Grosse1,2, Katarzyna Pierzchala1,2, Ileana Jelescu4, Olivier Braissant3, Cristina Cudalbu1,2, Thanh Phong Lê1,2
1CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging, Lausanne, Switzerland
2CIBM Pre-Clinical Imaging EPFL Metabolic Imaging Section, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
3Service of Clinical Chemistry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
4Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Presenting Author: Eloise Mougel

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