Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
567-02-010 ISMRM Abstract

An Open-source Accelerated Free Breathing Cardiac Diffusion PROPELLER EPI Sequence with Rotating Single-Shot Acquisitions

Primary: Diffusion - Diffusion Acquisition
Secondary: Cardiovascular - Myocardium
567-02-010 · Open-Source Software, Sequences, and Reconstruction Algorithms · Wednesday, 13 May, 9:15 AM–10:10 AM · Digital Posters Row H
Keywords: PROPELLER Open-Source Sequence development Cardiac diffusion MRI Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
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Eric A Arbes1, Simon Reiss1, Kian Tadjalli Mehr1, Ariel J Hannum2, Johannes Fischer1, Michael Bock 1
1Division of Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
Presenting Author: Michael Bock

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