Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
603-01-009 ISMRM Abstract

Assessment of Tissue–CSF Water Exchange in MCI/Dementia Using Magnetization Transfer Indirect Spin Labeling (MISL) MRI at 3T

Primary: Neuro - Neurofluids
Secondary: Neuro - Dementia
603-01-009 · Dementia Not Related to Alzheimer's Disease · Thursday, 14 May, 8:30 AM–10:20 AM · Auditorium 1
Keywords: Dementia Neurofluids PET/MR Mild cognitive impairment Magnetization transfer indirect spin labeling
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Jiawen Wang 1, Ziyan Wang1, PEI CAI1, Huabin Zhang1,2, Shihao Zeng1, Hui Zhang3, Peng Cao1, Jiadi Xu4,5, Yat-Fung Shea6, Patrick Ka-Chun Chiu6, Eva Cheung1, Kannie W. Y. Chan7,8,9, Ka Fung Henry Mak1, Jianpan Huang1,8
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2Medical Imaging Center, Department of Electronic Engineering and Information Science, University of Science and Technology of China, He Fei, China
3Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
4F. M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Research Institute, Baltimore, United States of America
5Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
6Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
7Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
8Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-Cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE), Hong Kong, China
9Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
Presenting Author: Jiawen Wang

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