Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
470-05-113 ISMRM Abstract

Relating Diffusion MRI-Derived Axon Diameters to the Underlying Diameter Distribution

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Miren Lur Barquin Torre 1, Marco Pizzolato1,2, Tim B Dyrby1,2, Mariam Andersson1
1Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine - Amager and Hvidovre, Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
2Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Presenting Author: Miren Lur Barquin Torre

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