Focus

The Macromolecular Pathology working group is focused on mapping the spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of iron deposition, which may offer important insights and – if sufficiently robust – could even offer a disease-monitoring tool. It aims at a systematic calibration of quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) and apparent transverse relaxation rate (R2*) estimates from multiple sites, with the view of establishing these methods for large-scale research studies and clinical trials using 7T imaging.

Topics of interest include:

• Imaging iron deposition using quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) and apparent transverse relaxation rate (R2*)

Coordinators

Julio Acosta-Cabronero, Richard Bowtell

Contributors

Richard Bowtell, Peter Nestor, Julio Acosta-Cabronero, Rochefort de Ludovic, Harald Moeller, Mauro Costagli, Esben Thade Petersen, Cyril Poupon, Tony Stöcker, Kamil Uludag, Nikolaus Weiskopf, Mark Ladd