Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
365-03-002 ISMRM Abstract

A Deep learning-based Spectral Analysis of Multi-Exponential Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (D-SAME-IVIM) MRI of the Kidney

Primary: Body - Kidney
Secondary: Diffusion - IVIM
365-03-002 · Body Diffusion MRI Methods · Monday, 11 May, 1:50 PM–2:45 PM · Digital Posters Row F
Keywords: Diffusion Modeling IVIM-DWI Kidney DWI Body DWI
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Julia Stabinska1, Thomas A Thiel2, Alexandra Ljimani2, Hans-Joerg Wittsack2, Helge J Zöllner 3
1F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
2Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE), Düsseldorf, Germany
3The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
Presenting Author: Helge J Zöllner

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