Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
660-02-001 ISMRM Abstract

Characterizing the role of fat in body-QSM using SMURF water-fat separation

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Susceptibility/QSM
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Fat & Fat/Water Separation
660-02-001 · Water-Fat MRI · Thursday, 14 May, 9:25 AM–10:20 AM · Digital Posters Row A
Keywords: Electromagnetic Tissue Properties Water-fat separation technology Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Chemical shift correction
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Javier Silva 1,2,3, Michéle Steinrötter4, Carlos Milovic1,2, Beata Bachrata5, Cristian Tejos1,2,6, Simon Robinson4,7
1Biomedical Imaging Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
2Department of Electrical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
3High Field MR Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
4Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, High Field MR Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
5Department of Medical Engineering, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Klagenfurt, Austria
6Millennium Institute Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering (iHEALTH), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
7Christian Doppler Laboratory for MR Imaging Biomarkers (BIOMAK), Austria, Austria
Presenting Author: Javier Silva

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