Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
561-01-014 ISMRM Abstract

Accurate physics-guided synthesis and harmonisation of T1-Weighted gray–white matter ratio

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: relaxometry, multi-parametric, MR Fingerprinting, and synthetic MRI
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Image Synthesis and Translation
561-01-014 · Generative Models for Image Synthesis · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row B
Keywords: Relaxometry Harmonisation Quantitative synthetic MRI Magnetization transfer (MT) Gray-white matter ratio
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Hongyan Liu 1, Somtochukwu Ibeme1, Nikos Priovoulos1, William T Clarke1, Aaron T Hess1, Karla L Miller1
1Oxford Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OXCIN), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Hongyan Liu

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