Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
306-02-002 ISMRM Abstract

A dSPECIAL acquisition: Modeling metabolic diffusion in the rat brain at a wide range of b-values and diffusion times

Primary: Diffusion - Diffusion Modeling
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Spectroscopy
306-02-002 · From Theory to Clinic: Advances in Diffusion MRI Modeling and Analysis · Monday, 11 May, 1:50 PM–3:40 PM · Auditorium 2
Keywords: Brain Microstructure Hippocampus Time-dependent diffusion MRI Rat
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Malte Brammerloh 1, Tan Toi Phan2,3, Rita Oliveira1, Thanh Phong Lê2,3, Quentin Uhl1, Eloise Mougel2,3, Jessie Mosso2,3,4, Cristina Cudalbu2,3, Ileana Jelescu1
1Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
2CIBM Center for BioMedical Imaging, Lausanne, Switzerland
3CIBM Pre-Clinical Imaging EPFL Metabolic Imaging Section, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
4New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
Presenting Author: Malte Brammerloh

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