Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
460-03-012 ISMRM Abstract

Deep Learning–Based Detection of Breast Lesions in Whole-Body Diffusion MRI (DWIBS)

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Mahsa Maleki Abyaneh1, Saqib A Basar2, Javad Khaghani1, Irina Balduzzi2, Duc Nguyen1, Saurabh Garg3, Siavash Khallaghi1, Yuntong Ma2, Sam Hashemi 3
1AI, Prenuvo, Inc, San Francisco, United States of America
2Prenuvo, Inc, San Francisco, United States of America
3Artificial Intelligence, Prenuvo, Inc, San Francisco, United States of America
Presenting Author: Sam Hashemi

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