Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
363-01-004 ISMRM Abstract

Multi-Stage Harmonization for Diffusion MRI: Signal and Statistical Correction in CamCAN Traveling Heads

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Tanvi Rao 1
1Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Tanvi Rao

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