Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
466-05-003 ISMRM Abstract

LoMINA-SC: Low-field Pediatric Brain MR Image Segmentation Using Deep Neural Artificial Intelligence– Sub-Cortical

Primary: Pediatrics - Neuro
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Segmentation and Detection
466-05-003 · Pediatric Low Field MRI · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:00 PM–4:55 PM · Digital Posters Row G
Keywords: Deep learning Ultra-Low-Field MRI Pediatric brain MRI Low- and middle-income countries Subcortical segmentation
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Rahimeh Rouhi1, Jeffrey Tanedo1, Di Fan1, Lauren A Lee1, Austin Tapp2, Krithika Iyer2, Niall J Bourke3, Victoria Nankabirwa4, Sadia Parkar5, Salman Osmani5, Sidra Kaleem5, Steven C Williams3, Kirsten A Donald6,7, Sean Deoni8, Marius Linguraru2,9, Natasha Lepore 1,10
1CIBORG Lab, Radiology Research Department, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America
2Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States of America
3King’s College London, Newcomen St, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
4Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Makerere University and Vilirana Hospital, Uganda, Uganda
5Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan, Pakistan
6Division of Developmental Paediatrics, University of Cape Town, South Africa, South Africa
7Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa, South Africa
8Gates Foundation, Seattle, United States of America
9Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Health Sciences,, George Washington University, Washington, United States of America
10Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
Presenting Author: Natasha Lepore

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