Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
464-01-016 ISMRM Abstract

A database of normative DTI values in the pediatric cervical spinal cord

Primary: Neuro - Spinal Cord
Secondary: Pediatrics - Neuro
464-01-016 · Diffusion MRI Analysis · Tuesday, 12 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row E
Keywords: Spinal Cord Diffusion MRI Diffusion Tensor Imaging Spinal Cord Toolbox Paediatric neuroimaging
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Samuelle St-Onge 1,2, Zahra Sadeghi Adl3, Devon Middleton3, Laura Krisa3,4, Feroze Mohamed3, Julien Cohen-Adad1,2,5,6, Benjamin De Leener1,2,7
1NeuroPoly Lab, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
2Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Canada
3Jefferson Integrated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States of America
4Department of Occupational Therapy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States of America
5Mila - Quebec AI Institute, Montreal, Canada
6Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Montreal, Canada
7Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, Canada, Canada
Presenting Author: Samuelle St-Onge

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