Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
606-03-008 ISMRM Abstract

SuperField-Net2: Simultaneous T1w-T2w MRI Enhancement from T2w Ultra-Low-Field Imaging via Frequency-Attenuation

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - AI methods
Secondary: Neuro - Development
606-03-008 · Low Field MRI Applications · Thursday, 14 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Auditorium 2
Keywords: AI/ML Image Reconstruction Super Resolution Synthetic MRI (SyMRI) Latent diffusion model Ultra-low field (ULF)
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Austin Tapp 1, Can Zhao2, Krithika Iyer1, Taylor Broudy3, Jeffrey Tanedo4,5, Rahimeh Rouhi5,6, Syed M Anwar3,7, Daguang Xu2, Niall J Bourke8, Steven C Williams8, Kirsten A Donald9,10, Sean Deoni11, Natasha Lepore5,6, Marius Linguraru7,12
1Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital, Washington DC, United States of America
2NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, United States of America
3Children's National Hospital, Washington DC, United States of America
4Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
5CIBORG Lab, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America
6Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
7Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Health Sciences,, George Washington University, Washington, United States of America
8Centre For Neuroimaging Sciences, Department of Neuroimaging, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
9Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
10Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
11Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition and Health (MNCH) Discovery and Translational (D&T) Sciences Program, Gates Foundation, Seattle, United States of America
12Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States of America
Presenting Author: Austin Tapp

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