Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
470-02-086 ISMRM Abstract

White matter hyperintensity burden as a predictor of white matter damage

Primary: Neuro - White Matter
Secondary: Neuro - Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders
470-02-086 · Decoding Stroke with Imaging and AI: New Frontiers in Cerebrovascular Research · Tuesday, 12 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Traditional Posters | Exhibition Hall
Keywords: Diffusion MRI White matter hyperintensity Microscopic Anisotropy Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (CSVD)
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Hyeong-Geol Shin 1,2, Sarvin Sasannia1,2, Mykola Matsyuk1, Shimeng Wang1, Jinwei Zhang1, Xu Li1,2, Filip Szczepankiewicz3, Jerry Prince1, Richard Leigh1, Linda Knutsson1,3,4, Peter C van Zijl1,2, Paul Nyquist1
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America
2Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, United States of America
3Lund University, Lund, Sweden
4F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, United States of America
Presenting Author: Hyeong-Geol Shin

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