Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
552-01-001 / 552-01-001 ISMRM Abstract

BasisREMY: From MRS Data to Study-Specific Basis Sets via Automated Metadata Extraction and Guided Simulation

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Spectroscopy
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Software Tools
552-01-001 · Novel Approaches to Spectroscopy · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–9:56 AM · Power Pitch Theatre 2
552-01-001 · Novel Approaches to Spectroscopy · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–9:56 AM · Power Pitch Theatre 2
Keywords: Analysis/Processing Open-source software Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Basis Set Simulation Metadata Extraction
Accepted
Julian P Merkofer 1, Alessio Siviglia2,3, Andrew Wright4, Antonia Kaiser2, Dunja Simicic5, Festus Slade6, Gizeaddis Simegn5, Jessica Archibald7, Jillian M Eichstaedt8, Kay C Igwe9, Kelley M Swanberg10,11, Mahrshi Jani4, Zahra Shams5, Saipavitra Murali-Manohar5
1Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
3CIBM Pre-Clinical Imaging EPFL Metabolic Imaging Section, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
4Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States of America
5The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
6Cambridge Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
7Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States of America
8Translational Neuroscience Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, United States of America
9Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, United States of America
10Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för experimentell medicinsk vetenskap, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
11Medicinska fakulteten, Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Presenting Author: Julian P Merkofer

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