Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
271-01-066 / 606-03-004 ISMRM Abstract

Infant Brain Growth from Portable uLF MRI in LMICs: Site, Sex, and Nutrition Effects in the First 1,000 Days

Primary: Pediatrics - Normal Development
Secondary: Neuro - Development
271-01-066 · ISMRM AMPC Selected Posters · Sunday, 10 May, 7:00 AM–2:00 PM · Traditional Posters
606-03-004 · Low Field MRI Applications · Thursday, 14 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Auditorium 2
Keywords: Brain volume Growth Trajectories Developmental trajectories Ultra-low field (ULF)
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Sidra Kaleem1,2, Victoria Nankabirwa3, Samuel A Oppong4, Sadia Parkar2,5, Maclean Vokhiwa6,7,8, Krithika Iyer9,10,11, Jeffrey Tanedo12,13, Rahimeh Rouhi13,14, Taylor Broudy10, Niall J Bourke15, Kirsten A Donald16,17, Steven C Williams15, Sean Deoni18, Natasha Lepore13,14, Marius Linguraru9,19, Austin Tapp 11
1Aga Khan University, Kenya
2Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan, Pakistan
3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Makerere University and Vilirana Hospital, Uganda, Uganda
4University of Ghana Medical Center, Accra, Ghana
5Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University (Karachi, Pakistan), Karachi, Pakistan
6Paediatrics, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
7Training and Research Unit of Excellence, Blantyre, Malawi
8Neuroscience, Training and Research Unit of Excellence, Blantyre, Malawi
9Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States of America
10Children's National Hospital, Washington DC, United States of America
11Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital, Washington DC, United States of America
12Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
13CIBORG Lab, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America
14Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
15Centre For Neuroimaging Sciences, Department of Neuroimaging, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
16Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
17Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
18Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition and Health (MNCH) Discovery and Translational (D&T) Sciences Program, Gates Foundation, Seattle, United States of America
19Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Health Sciences,, George Washington University, Washington, United States of America
Presenting Author: Austin Tapp

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