Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
667-03-003 ISMRM Abstract

The Effect of Head Coil Configuration and Channel Count on the Quality and Accuracy of Double Inversion Recovery (DIR) Brain

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Non-AI methods
Secondary: Neuro - Development
667-03-003 · MR Acquisition Gems · Thursday, 14 May, 1:40 PM–2:35 PM · Digital Posters Row H
Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Head Coil Configuration 64-channel Double Inversion Recovery (DIR)
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Adnan Alahmadi 1,2,3, Razan Alshehri1, Rana Gasem1, Abdullah Aljuhani4, Almotazbillah bedaiwi1, Ghouth Waggass5, Mohammad Khalil6, Mustafa Alhasan7, Njoud Aldusary1, Afnan A Malaih1, Ibrahem Kanbayti1, Norah Y Hakami2, Jamaan Alghamdi1
1Radiologic Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences,, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2Radiological Sciences, Batterjee Medical College, Saudi Arabia
3NMR Research unit, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
4Dr. Sulaiman Alhabib Medical Group, Saudi Arabia
5Department of Radiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia
6Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
7Internal Medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
Presenting Author: Adnan Alahmadi

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