Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
463-01-015 ISMRM Abstract

Reducing Breath-Hold Time in Liver MRI: Clinical Performance of Deep Learning-Accelerated Post-Contrast T1 Dixon VIBE

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Anna Fink 1, Maximilian Frederik Russe1,2, Vlad Sacalean1,2, Kai Falko Kästingschäfer1,2, Ralph Strecker3,4,5, Marcel D Nickel3,4,5, Alexander Rau6, Fabian Bamberg2, Jakob Weiß2, Stephan Rau2
1Division of Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
3Siemens Healthineers AG, Erlangen, Germany
4MR Application Predevelopment, Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany
5Research & Clinical Translation, Magnetic Resonance, Siemens Healthineers AG, Erlangen, Germany
6Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Presenting Author: Anna Fink

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