Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
464-04-007 Registered Abstract

Skeletal Muscle Microstructural Alterations in Sarcopenia: Insights from Diffusion MRI

Primary: Musculoskeletal - Muscle
Secondary: Diffusion - Diffusion Analysis & Visualization
464-04-007 · Diffusion MRI: Registered and Clinical Abstracts · Tuesday, 12 May, 2:35 PM–3:30 PM · Digital Posters Row E
Keywords: Muscle Diffusion MRI Sarcopenia Fractional anisotropy Mean diffusivity
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Katarina Pus1,2,3, Sabine Räuber4,5, Bostjan Šimunič3, Francesco Santini4,5, Marta B Maggioni 4,5
1Department of Health Sciences, Alma Mater Europaea University, Maribor, Slovenia
2Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
3Institute for Kinesiology Research, Science and Research Centre, Koper, Slovenia
4Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
5Radiology, Division of Radiological Physics, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Presenting Author: Marta B Maggioni

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