Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
367-05-002 ISMRM Abstract

Microstructural profile of multiple sclerosis lesions by combined analysis of QSM and time-dependent diffusion MRI

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Bohong Zou1, Sijia Li1, Xueming Li1, Chen Zhang2, Jie Sun1, Zhang Zhang1, Thorsten Feiweier3, Ningnannan Zhang 1
1Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
2MR Research Collaboration, Siemens Healthineers, Beijing, China
3MR Research and Clinical Translation, Siemens Healthineers AG, Erlangen, Germany
Presenting Author: Ningnannan Zhang

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