Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
464-01-014 ISMRM Abstract

SANDI-Based Multi-Compartment Diffusion MRI of Spinal Cord Injury

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SangJin Im 1, HyungJoon Cho1
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
Presenting Author: SangJin Im

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