Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
366-05-009 ISMRM Abstract

Spiral-QALAS for Fast High-resolution Abdominal Quantitative Mapping

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: chest, abdomen, and pelvis
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Pulse Sequence Design and Spatial Encoding Methods
366-05-009 · Quantitative Applications in Body MRI: Make the Numbers Count · Monday, 11 May, 4:10 PM–5:05 PM · Digital Posters Row G
Keywords: Motion Correction Quantitative Imaging Multi-parametric mapping
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Yuting Chen1,2,3, Onur Afacan3,4, Yohan Jun2,3, Xingwang Yong2,3, Shohei Fujita2,3, Paul I Dubovan2,3, Huafeng Liu1,5, Huihui Ye6, Borjan Gagoski3,7, Sila Kurugol3,4, Berkin Bilgic2,3,8, Cemre Ariyurek 3,4
1State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation,, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
2Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
3Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
4Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, United States of America
5Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
6School of Communication Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China
7Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, United States of America
8Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, United States of America
Presenting Author: Cemre Ariyurek

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