Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
465-03-006 ISMRM Abstract

High-resolution T2 mapping of individual fascicles of the sciatic nerve using the MESE sequence at 7T

Primary: Musculoskeletal - Neurography
Secondary: Neuro - Peripheral Nerves
465-03-006 · Neurography, Pain, and Spine · Tuesday, 12 May, 1:40 PM–2:35 PM · Digital Posters Row F
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Emilie Sleight 1,2, Ludovica Romanin3, Gian Franco Piredda3, Frédéric Grouiller1,4,5, Karim Gariani6, Agustina Lascano7, Tom Hilbert3,8,9, Felix T Kurz4,10, Dimitrios Karampinos1,2
1CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging, Lausanne, Switzerland
2Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems and Methods, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
3Swiss Innovation Hub, Siemens Healthineers International AG, Lausanne, Switzerland
4Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
5Division of Radiology, Department of Diagnostics, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
6Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
7Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
8Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
9LTS5, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
10Department of Neuroradiology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Presenting Author: Emilie Sleight

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