Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
560-02-013 ISMRM Abstract

Assessing Simple Neural Architectures for Total Field Estimation in Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Susceptibility/QSM
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Data Processing
560-02-013 · New Developments in QSM II · Wednesday, 13 May, 9:15 AM–10:10 AM · Digital Posters Row A
Keywords: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Phase unwrapping Machine learning (ML) Field mapping Echo combination
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Daniel Yzuel 1,2, Patrick S Fuchs2, Thomas Janssens1, Ben Jeurissen2
1Siemens Healthineers NV/SA Belgium, Belgium
2imec - Vision Lab, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Presenting Author: Daniel Yzuel

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