Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
464-02-009 ISMRM Abstract

Post-mortem diffusion MRI reveals downstream tract damage increases with injury-to-death interval after spinal cord injury

Primary: Diffusion - Microstructure
Secondary: Neuro - Spinal Cord
464-02-009 · Validating Diffusion MRI: Reproducibility, Simulations, and Phantoms · Tuesday, 12 May, 9:15 AM–10:10 AM · Digital Posters Row E
Keywords: Microstructure Diffusion Tensor Imaging Spinal cord injury Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Spinal cord imaging
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Nikolai I Lesack1,2,3, Sarah R Morris1,2,3, Taylor Swift-LaPointe2, Andrew Yung1,3,4, Kirsten Bale3,4, Shana George1, Andrew Bauman4, Piotr Kozlowski1,2,3,4, Zahra Samadi-Bahrami1,5, Caron Fournier1,5, Pushwant S Mattu6, Kevin Dong1, Femke Streijger1, G. R. Wayne Moore1,5,7, Adam Velenosi1, Veronica Hirsch-Reinshagen1,5,6, Brian K Kwon1,8, Cornelia Laule 1,2,3,5,9
1International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
3Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
4UBC MRI Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
5Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
6Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
7Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
8Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
9University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Presenting Author: Cornelia Laule

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