Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
464-05-016 ISMRM Abstract

Accelerating Capacity for ASL Imaging in Low Resource Settings: Optimizing Multi-PLD ASL For CBF Quantification in Africa

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Harrison O Aduluwa 1, Channelle Tham2, Victor Eze-Chukwuebuka3, Rachael Aninwigwe4, Danny J Wang5, Montalba Cristian6,7,8,9, Surendra Maharjan10, Francis Botwe11, Abderrazek Zeraii12, Maruf Adewole13,14, Mahmoud Mania15, Chinedu Udeh-Momoh16, Toyobo Oluyemisi17, Fatade Abiodun17, Matthias Fridreich18, Chinedum Anosike19, Anyanwu N Benjamin3, Udunna Anazodo13,20,21
1Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
2Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Lagos, Nigeria
3Radiololgy, Regions Healthcare, Owerri, Nigeria
4Regions Healthcare, Owerri, Nigeria
5Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, United States of America
6Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering - iHEALTH, Santiago, Chile
7Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
8Biomedical Imaging Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
9Radiology Department, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
10Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States of America
11University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
12Higher Institute of Medical Technologies of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
13Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab), Lagos, Nigeria
14Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America
15Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC), Yobe, Nigeria, Nigeria
16Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, Kenya
17Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Crestview Radiology Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria
18Radiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
19Accuread Radiology, Nigeria
20McGill University, Montreal, Canada
21Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
Presenting Author: Harrison O Aduluwa

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