Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
663-01-005 ISMRM Abstract

Comparison of Breath-Hold and Free-Breathing Liver MR Elastography at 0.55 T

Primary: Body - Liver
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI
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Keywords: Free-Breathing MR elastography Mid-field MRI
Accepted
Ankush Bajaj 1, Yang Yang2, Cheng Hong2, Kay Pepin3, Kang Wang1,2,4, Waqas Majeed5, Pan Su6,7,8, Stephan Kannengiesser9, Jeremy Heilman3, Richard L EHMAN10,11, Michael Ohliger2,4,12,13,14
1Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States of America
2Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University Of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America
3Resoundant Inc, Rochester, United States of America
4Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States of America
5MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Chicago, United States of America
6Siemens Healthineers, Malvern, United States of America
7Siemens Medical Solutions, Boston, United States of America
8Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, United States of America
9Digital Innovation Hub, Erlangen, Germany
10Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America
11Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America
12University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States of America
13Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States of America
14Radiology, University Of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America
Presenting Author: Ankush Bajaj

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