Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
507-04-008 / 271-01-056 ISMRM Abstract

Test-time optimization for cortical surface reconstruction across image resolutions/contrasts using untrained neural networks

Primary: Analysis Methods - Data Processing
Secondary: Neuro - Gray Matter
507-04-008 · Advanced Segmentation in MRI Across Scales and Domains · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Meeting Room 1.40
271-01-056 · ISMRM AMPC Selected Posters · Sunday, 10 May, 7:00 AM–2:00 PM · Traditional Posters
Keywords: Cerebral surface Cerebellar surface Deep-learning model No-pretraining Cross-species
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Haoxiang Li 1,2, Mingxuan Liu1, Divya Varadarajan, Zhangxuan Hu2,3, Qiyuan Tian1, Jonathan R Polimeni2,3
1Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2Richard M. Lucas Center for Imaging, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
3Department of Radiology, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, United States of America
Presenting Author: Haoxiang Li

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