Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
605-03-008 ISMRM Abstract

Direct Myelin Imaging as a Novel Biomarker Across the Alzheimer Disease Spectrum

Primary: Neuro - Alzheimer's Disease
Secondary: Neuro - Dementia
605-03-008 · Next-Generation Neuroimaging for Alzheimer’s Disease: From Molecules to Networks · Thursday, 14 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Ballroom West
Keywords: Alzheimer's Disease Ultra-short Echo Time (UTE) IR-UTE Inversion Recovery Direct Myelin Imaging
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Jinil Park 1, Sam Sedaghat2, Brittany N Dugger3, Eddie Fu1, Kader K Oguz1, Youngkyoo Jung1, Fang Liu4, Hyungseok Jang1
1Department of Radiology, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
2Department of Radiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
3Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Berkeley, 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
Presenting Author: Jinil Park

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