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Abstract #1088

The Venous Volume Portion Within Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Compared to Healthy Tissue - An Atlas Based Approach

Gnther Grabner1, Assunta Dal-Bianco2, Simon Hametner3, Hans Lassmann3, Siegfried Trattnig1

1Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 3Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

This work is about the development of a group specific vein-atlas which is used in order to compare the venous volume portion within Multiple Sclerosis lesions to normal-appearing white matter in a group of healthy subjects represented by the atlas.

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