Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
430-02-008 ISMRM Abstract

Single-breathhold 3D MR elastography in the liver, with simultaneous R2* and PDFF mapping

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Elastography
Secondary: Body - Liver
430-02-008 · Novel Acquisition Strategies and Open-Source Sequences · Tuesday, 12 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Meeting Room 2.60
Keywords: Liver MR elastography MASLD R2 star PDFF
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Donovan P Tripp 1, Anne-Sophie van Schelt1, Omar Darwish2, Karl P Kunze1,3, Nader S Metwalli4, Ahmed Gharib4, Claudia Prieto1,5,6, Rene M Botnar1,5,6,7, Ralph Sinkus1,8, Radhouene Neji1
1Research Department of Imaging Physics and Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
2MR Application Predevelopment, Siemens Healthcare Limited, Erlangen, Germany
3MR Research Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare Limited, Camberley, United Kingdom
4National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, United States of America
5School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
6iHEALTH, Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Chile
7Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
8LVTS, Inserm U1148, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
Presenting Author: Donovan P Tripp

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