Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
601-02-001 ISMRM Abstract

Standardizing Quantitative Muscle MRI: An Inter-Vendor Evaluation in Healthy Adults

Primary: Musculoskeletal - Muscle
Secondary: Musculoskeletal - Other Musculoskeletal
601-02-001 · Muscle MRI in Health and Disease: From Standardization to Application · Thursday, 14 May, 1:40 PM–3:30 PM · Hall 1A
Keywords: Musculoskeletal MRI Reproducibility Multiparametric qMRI Cross-vendor MRI
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Johanna Thomä1, Lionel Butry1, Martijn Froeling2, Johannes Forsting1, Lara Schlaffke 1,3
1Neurology, BG University Hospital Bochum, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2Precision Imaging Group, Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
3Medical Engineering, FH Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Presenting Author: Lara Schlaffke

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