Untangling the R2* contrast in multiple sclerosis: A combined MRI-histology study at 7.0 Tesla

• Francesca Bagnato ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Bagnato, Simon Hametner

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Francesca.r.bagnato@vanderbilt.edu

  Affiliation Neuroimaging Unit/ Neuroimmunology Division, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9544-9019

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• Simon Hametner ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Bagnato, Simon Hametner

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University, Vienna, Austria

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• Emma Boyd,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

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• Verena Endmayr,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University, Vienna, Austria

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• Yaping Shi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• Vasiliki Ikonomidou,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

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• Guanhua Chen,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America

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• Siddharama Pawate,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neuroimmunology Division, Department of Neurology, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• Hans Lassmann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University, Vienna, Austria

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• Seth Smith,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• E. Brian Welch

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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