Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
662-01-004 ISMRM Abstract

Added value of diffusion MRI surface-based features for focal lesion detection in paediatric epilepsy

Primary: Diffusion - Diffusion Analysis & Visualization
Secondary: Neuro - Epilepsy
662-01-004 · Advanced Quantitative and Diffusion MRI for Epilepsy: From Lesion Detection to Clinical Translation · Thursday, 14 May, 8:30 AM–9:25 AM · Digital Posters Row C
Keywords: Diffusion MRI Tensor-valued Diffusion Encoding Paediatric epilepsy Machine learning (ML)
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Yi Jie Li 1, Felice D'Arco2, Kiran K Seunarine1,2, Tina Banks2, Torsten Baldeweg1, Konrad Wagstyl1,3, Sophie Adler1, Chris A Clark1
1UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
2Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
3Department of Biomedical Computing and Early Life Imaging, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Yi Jie Li

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