Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
462-02-006 ISMRM Abstract

Dependence of extra-cellular diffusion coefficient on the fractions of neurites and cell bodies in gray matter

Primary: Diffusion - Simulation/Validation
Secondary: Diffusion - Microstructure
462-02-006 · Diffusion MRI Neuroscience · Tuesday, 12 May, 9:15 AM–10:10 AM · Digital Posters Row C
Keywords: Diffusion MRI Extra-cellular space Tortuosity Effective Medium Theory
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Hong Hsi Lee1, Ali Abdollahzadeh2, Hansol Lee 1, Ricardo Coronado-Leija3, Els Fieremans3, Dmitry S Novikov3, Susie Huang1
1Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
2A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
3Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
Presenting Author: Hansol Lee

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