Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
369-05-004 ISMRM Abstract

Open-Source Deep Learning Denoising and Gibbs Artifact Removal Improves SNR in Hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xe Ventilation MRI

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Hyperpolarized MR (Gas)
Secondary: Body - Chest/Thorax
369-05-004 · Hyperpolarized Gases · Monday, 11 May, 4:10 PM–5:05 PM · Digital Posters Row J
Keywords: Image Reconstruction Deep learning reconstruction Lung MRI Functional lung imaging Xenon-129
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Rajagopalan Sundaresan 1,2, Alberto M Biancardi1,3, Guilhem J Collier1,3, Neil J Stewart1,3, Yves D Brown1, SUDHANYA Chatterjee2, Ramesh Venkatesan2, Jim Wild1,3
1POLARIS, Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
2GE HealthCare, Bengaluru, India
3INSIGNEO Institute for In Silico Medicine, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Rajagopalan Sundaresan

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