Date: October 19, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Room: Coral 2
Track: Interactive Lunch Workshop (ILW)
This session will review the structure and function of the neurovascular unit in health and disease, with a focus on the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Faculty will highlight state-of-the-art techniques for in vivo BBB assessment and discuss their applications in advancing understanding of central nervous system disorders and therapeutic development.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
In this presentation, Dr. Friedman will explain how DCE-MRI enables assessment of vascular health including BBB permeability, revealing regional differences in controls and neurological disorders.
In this presentation, Dr. Leigh will discuss methods for imaging the Blood-brain Barrier (BBB) within the context of disease states that affect the BBB.
In this presentation, Dr. Southerland will review several ways in which AI may be used to augment clinical diagnosis and reasoning in the practice of neurology.