Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
567-06-013 ISMRM Abstract

Is bigger always better: Does increasing network capacity mitigate degeneracy in self-supervised qMRI parameter estimation?

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - AI methods
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Fat & Fat/Water Separation
567-06-013 · Novel Contrast Mechanisms II · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:55 PM–5:50 PM · Digital Posters Row H
Keywords: Quantitative MRI Physics-informed machine learning Self-supervised learning Chemical Shift-Encoded MRI Model degeneracy
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Giulio V Minore 1,2, Timothy J Bray1,3,4, Gary Zhang1,5
1Hawkes Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
2Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom
3Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom
4Department of Imaging, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
5Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Giulio V Minore

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