Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition • 09-14 May 2026

Weekend Course

Diffusion and Microstructure Contrast

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Diffusion and Microstructure Contrast
Weekend Course
Contrast Mechanisms
Saturday, 09 May 2026
Ballroom West
08:00 - 12:00
Moderators: Julia Stabinska & Kevin Moulin
CME/CE Credit Available
This intermediate course explores advanced diffusion MRI techniques, covering low- to ultra-high diffusion-weighting, body imaging, metabolite diffusion, and ultra-high resolution modeling. Attendees will gain insights into perfusion, tractography, microstructure imaging, and clinical applications.
Skill Level: Intermediate

08:00 Modeling Diffusion at Low Diffusion-Weighting: Perfusion and IVIM
Mami Iima
Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
08:25 Modeling Diffusion at Intermediate Diffusion-Weighting: ADC, DTI, and Tractography
Matteo Mancini
Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
08:50   Modeling Diffusion at High- to Ultra-High Diffusion-Weighting: Microstructure Imaging
Ting Gong
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
09:15 Modeling Diffusion in the Body
Eleftheria Panagiotaki
Centre for Medical Imaging Computing, London, United Kingdom
09:40 - 10:10 — Break & Meet the Teachers
10:10 Beyond Water: Metabolites Diffusion
Jessie Mosso
CIBM Center fro Biomedical Imaging, Lausanne, Switzerland
10:35   Modeling Diffusion at Ultra-High Resolution
An Vu
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States of America
11:00 Clinical Use of Vendor/Product Diffusion
Marta Gaviraghi
University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
11:25   Clinical Research Applications of Advanced Diffusion: Beyond the Tensor Model
Jennifer McNab
Stanford, Palo Alto, United States of America
11:50 - 12:00 — Meet the Teachers

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