Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
360-04-009 ISMRM Abstract

Open-Source Quantitative MRI: Full Implementation of Acquisition and Reconstruction in BART

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Open source software, sequences, and reconstruction algorithms
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: relaxometry, multi-parametric, MR Fingerprinting, and synthetic MRI
360-04-009 · Quantitative Mapping: Acquisition and Reconstruction · Monday, 11 May, 4:10 PM–5:05 PM · Digital Posters Row A
Keywords: Open-source software Reproducibility Sequence development Model-based reconstruction Quantitative MRI (qMRI)
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Daniel Mackner 1, Philip Schaten1, Markus Huemer1, Vitali Telezki2, Moritz Blumenthal1, Xiaoqing Wang3,4, Martin Uecker1,5
1Institute of Biomedical Imaging, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
2University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
3Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
4Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
5BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
Presenting Author: Daniel Mackner

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