Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
460-02-009 ISMRM Abstract

Cortical cerebral hemodynamics are associated with white matter lesions in typically aging adults in an age-dependent manner

Primary: Neuro - White Matter
Secondary: Neuro - Aging
460-02-009 · From Bench to Bedside: All About the Brain in Health and Alzheimer’s Disease · Tuesday, 12 May, 9:15 AM–10:10 AM · Digital Posters Row A
Keywords: White Matter Hypointensities Arterial transit time (ATT) Cerebral blood flow (CBF) Aging trajectories Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)
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Jan A Kufer 1,2, Christa Michel3,4, Yiwen Zhang4, Yue Hong4, Lauren Antonucci4, Gayathri Vijayaraghavan4, Courtney Accorsi4, Adam Khay4, Beau Ances5, Susan Bookheimer6, Carlos Cruchaga5, Jennifer Elam5, Dara Ghahremani,6, Matthew Glasser5, Michael Harms5, Helen Lavretsky6, Pauline Maki7, Thomas Nichols8, Robert C Welsh6, Essa Yacoub9, Eva-Maria Ratai4,10, Steven Arnold11,12, David H Salat4,10,13, Meher R Juttukonda4,10
1Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
2Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
3Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States of America
4Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
5Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States of America
6UCLA Health, Los Angeles, United States of America
7Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, United States of America
8Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
9Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America
10Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
11Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
12Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
13Neuroimaging for Veterans Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, United States of America
Presenting Author: Jan A Kufer

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