Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
369-03-004 ISMRM Abstract

Microstructural Alterations of Normal Appearing White Matter Assessed by Quantitative Multiparametric Mapping

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Huma Fatima Ali1, Markus E Klammer1, Tobias Leutritz2, Ralf Mekle3,4, Andrea Dell'Orco5, Christian Stehning6, Stefan Hetzer4,7, Joachim E Weber1,8,9, Michael Ahmadi8,9, Sophie K Piper10,11, Katharina Schönrath9, Ira Rohrpasser-Napierkowski9, Nikolaus Weiskopf12,13,14,15, Jeanette Schulz-Menger16, Anja Hennemuth4,17,18,19,20,21,22, Matthias Endres3,8,23,24, Kersten Villringer 25
1Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
2Department of Neurophysics, Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
3Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Berlin, Germany
4Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
5Institute for Neuroradiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
6Philips Clinical Science DACH, Hamburg, Germany
7Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
8Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology, Berlin, Germany
9Berlin Institute of Health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Digital Clinician Scientist Program, Berlin, Germany
10Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
11Institute of Medical Informatics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
12Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
13Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
14Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
15Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
16ECRC Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
17Institute of Computer-assisted Cardiovascular Medicine, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
18Fraunhofer MEVIS, Bremen, Berlin, Germany
19Hinrich Rahlfs, Berlin, Germany
20DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Berlin, Germany
21Partner Site Berlin, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Berlin, Germany
22Institute of Computer-assisted Cardiovascular Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC), Berlin, Germany
23German Center for Mental Health, Berlin, Germany
24Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Berlin, Germany
25Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Presenting Author: Kersten Villringer

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