Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
564-04-014 ISMRM Abstract

White-Matter and Glymphatic Alterations in Adolescent Major Depression: Evidence from DTI and Perivascular Imaging

Primary: Diffusion - Microstructure
Secondary: Neuro - Neurofluids
564-04-014 · Imaging Depression · Wednesday, 13 May, 2:35 PM–3:30 PM · Digital Posters Row E
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Ruoxi Lu 1, Yiran Li2, Shijun Qiu3,4,5, Ze Wang2, Yujie Liu3
1Department of Radiology, Guangzhou university of chinese medicine, Guangzhou, China
2Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States of America
3The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
4State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, guangzhou, China
5Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
Presenting Author: Ruoxi Lu

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