452-03-004 / 452-03-004 ISMRM Abstract

Deep 4D Spatiotemporal U-Net for Joint Denoising and Superresolution of Intracranial Aneurysm 4DFlow-MRI

Primary: Analysis Methods - Image Enhancement

Secondary: Neuro - Neurofluids

452-03-004 · Next-Generation MRI Image Enhancement · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:00 PM–5:36 PM · Power Pitch Theatre 2

Keywords: 4D flow MRI Super-resolution Image Denoising Blood velocity

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Aryan Ghazipour¹, Amirkhosro Kazemi¹, Laurel Marsh², MJ Negahdar³, Isaac Josh Abecassis⁴, Juan Cebral², Amir Amini ¹

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, United States of America

²Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, United States of America

³Department of Radiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, United States of America

⁴Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, United States of America

Presenting Author: Amir Amini

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