Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
604-01-002 ISMRM Abstract

Mapping Vascular Reactivity in Mouse Spinal Cord at 15.2T

Primary: Neuro - Spinal Cord
Secondary: Preclinical Animal & in vitro MR - Small Animals
604-01-002 · Advanced MRI Techniques for Spinal Cord Structure, Function, and Physiology · Thursday, 14 May, 8:30 AM–10:20 AM · Ballroom East
Keywords: Small animals Fmri Hypercapnia Spinal Cord fMRI
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Tzu-Wei Lee 1,2, Feng Wang2,3, Yikang Li1,2, Li Min Chen1,2,3, John C Gore1,2,3,4
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States of America
2Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, United States of America
3Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States of America
4Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States of America
Presenting Author: Tzu-Wei Lee

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