Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
568-05-011 ISMRM Abstract

Speed versus Quality in Low-Field MRI: Quantitative Analysis and Radiological Evaluation of Standard and Accelerated Images

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Beatrice Lena1, Berit Verbist 2, Omar Hertgers2, Tom O'Reilly3, Yiming Dong1, Efe Ilıcak4, Andrew Webb1, Chloe Najac1
1C.J. Gorter MRI Center, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
2Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
3Open Imaging, Netherlands
4Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Presenting Author: Berit Verbist

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