Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
563-01-002 ISMRM Abstract

Training 105 African clinicians and students in open neuroimaging analysis: CAMERA’s dementia research program

Primary: Neuro - Dementia
Secondary: Transferable Skills
563-01-002 · Novel Neuro Applications · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row D
Keywords: Dementia Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Africa Low- and middle-income countries Train-the-trainer
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Ethan C Draper 1,2,3, Kesavi Kanagasabai4, Channelle Tham5,6, Oluwateniola Akinwale7, Alfonso Fajardo8, Morgan Hough9, Hande Halilibrahimoğlu1, Oumayma Soula10,11, Cristian A Montalba12,13,14,15, Oluwatobi I Akinmuleya16, Cindy García1, Tolulope Olusuyi17, Sergio Solis-Barquero18, Harrison O Aduluwa1,5,19, Jasmine Cakmak1, Jonathan Gallego Rudolf8, Philip E Nkwam20, Abdalla Z Mohamed21, Udunna Anazodo1,8,17
1Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
2Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
3Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
4Western University, London, Canada
5Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Crestview Radiology Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria
6Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Lagos, Nigeria
7Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America
8McGill University, Montreal, Canada
9NeuroTechX, San Fransisco, United States of America
10Sfax University, Tunisia
11Faculty of Medicine, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
12Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering - iHEALTH, Santiago, Chile
13Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
14Biomedical Imaging Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
15Radiology Department, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
16Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, China
17Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab), Lagos, Nigeria
18University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
19Integrated Program in Neurosciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
20College Of Medicine University of Lagos, Nigeria
21United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
Presenting Author: Ethan C Draper

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