Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
662-02-001 ISMRM Abstract

Virtual scanner: a deep generalized signal predictor for fast semisolid MT and CEST imaging from compressed MR fingerprinting

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - CEST / APT / NOE
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: relaxometry, multi-parametric, MR Fingerprinting, and synthetic MRI
662-02-001 · Advances in Chemical Exchange MRI: CEST, APT, and NOE II · Thursday, 14 May, 9:25 AM–10:20 AM · Digital Posters Row C
Keywords: CEST & MT MR Fingerprinting Quantitative Imaging Deep learning Fast acquisition
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Jianping Xu1,2,3, Sultan Zaman Mahmud1,2, Yi Zhang3, Hye-Young Heo1,2
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
2F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
3Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Presenting Author: Xingwang Yong

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