Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
666-02-005 ISMRM Abstract

Ultrasonic Encoding to Enable Fast and Silent 3D Quantitative Mapping Using MR-STAT

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Michael McGrory 1, Thomas E Olausson2, Alessandro A Sbrizzi2, Cornelis A van den Berg2, Dennis Klomp1, Jeroen Siero1,3, Edwin Versteeg2
1Department of Radiology, Centre for Image Sciences, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
2Computational Imaging Group for MRI Therapy & Diagnostics, Department of Radiotherapy, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
3Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenting Author: Michael McGrory

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