Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
630-01-007 ISMRM Abstract

Background Field Removal and Dipole Inversion Algorithm Optimization for Spinal Cord Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Susceptibility/QSM
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: spine, MSK, others
630-01-007 · Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: From Phase to Tissue Properties · Thursday, 14 May, 8:30 AM–10:20 AM · Meeting Room 2.60
Keywords: Spinal Cord Optimization Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Postprocessing
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Sebastian A Rios 1, Anna Lebret2, Maryam Seif2,3,4, Eva Alonso Ortiz1,5
1NeuroPoly Lab, Montreal, Canada
2Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
3University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
4Max Planck Institute for Cognitive Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
5Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada
Presenting Author: Sebastian A Rios

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