Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
607-03-001 ISMRM Abstract

Mesoscopic Diffusion-Weighted Imaging via Multi-Shot Spirals on a High-Performance Gradient System

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Pulse Sequence Design and Spatial Encoding Methods
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Subsampling: Parallel imaging, compressed sensing and low-rank modeling
607-03-001 · New Pulse Sequences and Signal Modeling Designs · Thursday, 14 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Meeting Room 1.40
Keywords: High-Resolution MRI Multi-shot DWI Field monitoring SNR Enhancement Spiral dMRI
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Paul I Dubovan 1,2, Xingwang Yong1,2, Yohan Jun1,2, Yuting Chen1,2,3, Gabriel Ramos Llordén1,2, Susie Huang1,2, Berkin Bilgic1,2
1Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
3State Key Laboratory of Extreme Optics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Presenting Author: Paul I Dubovan

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