Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
460-06-007 ISMRM Abstract

Advanced diffusion metrics demonstrate microstructural abnormalities in multiple sclerosis diffusely abnormal white matter

Primary: Diffusion - Microstructure
Secondary: Neuro - Multiple Sclerosis
460-06-007 · Imaging the Brain’s Microenvironment: From Glymphatics to Cognition · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:55 PM–5:50 PM · Digital Posters Row A
Keywords: Brain Myelin Axons Diffusion Biophysical Modeling Inflammation and Edema
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Tigris Joseph 1,2, Shannon Kolind1,2,3,4, Guojun Zhao4, Peng Sun5, Robert Carruthers4, Alice Schabas4, Ana-Luiza Sayao4, Virginia Devonshire4, Roger Tam3,6,7, G. R. Wayne Moore2,4,8, David K Li3,4, Anthony Traboulsee4, Irene M Vavasour2,3,7, Cornelia Laule1,2,3,7,8
1Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
3Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
4Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
5Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, United States of America
6School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
7University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
8Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Presenting Author: Tigris Joseph

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