Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
562-05-006 ISMRM Abstract

Towards real-time navigation in diagnostic fetal brain MRI

Primary: Pediatrics - Fetal
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Motion Correction: Neuro
562-05-006 · Fetal and Neonatal Imaging · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:00 PM–4:55 PM · Digital Posters Row C
Keywords: Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence Motion Correction Navigators Fetal MRI Motion Tracking
Accepted
Ramya Muthukrishnan 1, Paul wighton2, Robert Frost2,3, Andre J van der Kouwe2,3, Aryn Lee4, Elfar Adalsteinsson1,5, Patricia E Grant3,4, Polina Golland1, Borjan Gagoski3,4
1Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States of America
2Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
3Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
4Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, United States of America
5Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, United States of America
Presenting Author: Ramya Muthukrishnan

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