Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
505-03-004 ISMRM Abstract

3D multiscale characterization of qMRI Parameters in resected human hippocampal tissue using X-ray Phase-Contrast Tomography

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Microstructure
Secondary: Neuro - Epilepsy
505-03-004 · Teasing Out the Microstructure of the Brain and Nervous System · Wednesday, 13 May, 1:40 PM–3:30 PM · Ballroom West
Keywords: Epilepsy Quantitative MRI Multimodal neuroimaging MRI to X-ray Multi-scale imaging
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Nina Luethi 1,2,3, Jordi Carstens4, Francisco J Fritz2,5,6, Noémie Sura7, Cristina Chavarrías8, Rafael Neto Henriques8,9, Thomas Sauvigny7, Noam Shemesh8, Tim Salditt4, Siawoosh Mohammadi1,2,3,10
1Center of Brain, Behaviour, and Metabolism, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
2Department of Systems Neurosciences, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
3Department of Neuroradiology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
4Institute for X-ray Physics, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
5Institut für Systemische Neurowissenschaften, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
6Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
7Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
8Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisboa, Portugal
9Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
10Max Planck Research Group MR Physics, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
Presenting Author: Nina Luethi

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