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Abstract #0264

Myelin water atlas: a template for myelin distribution in the brain

Hanwen Liu1,2, Cristina Rubino3, Mike Jarrett4,5, Emil Ljungberg6, Irene Vavasour7, Shannon Kolind1,7,8, Erin Leigh MacMillan9,10,11, Tony Traboulsee12, Donna Lang7, Alex Rauscher4,7, David Li7, Alex MacKay1,7, Lara Boyd13, John Kramer2,14, and Cornelia Laule2,7

1Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 4Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 5UBC MRI Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, ON, Canada, 6IoPPN, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 7Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 8Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 9MR Clinical Science, Philips Healthcare Canada, Markham, ON, Canada, 10UBC MRI Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 11ImageTech Lab, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada, 12University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 13Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 14Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

In-vivo information about myelin content in the brain is desirable for studying brain diseases and injuries. Normative information is key for determining what is abnormal when assessing neurological conditions that affect myelin. We used myelin water imaging to create a template specific to myelin, the myelin water atlas, for healthy brains. The resulting atlas shows strong agreement with well-known anatomical features that have demonstrated that different brain regions have distinct amounts of myelin. Our work shows one of the potential applications of using the myelin water atlas as a reference to visualize demyelination in the brain of individual subjects.

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