501-04-005 ISMRM Abstract

Kidney T1/T2/T2*/T1ρ/PDFF Mapping with OpenMRF: Initial Results and Adiabatic vs. Continuous Wave Spin Locking

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: relaxometry, multi-parametric, MR Fingerprinting, and synthetic MRI

Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Novel Contrast Mechanisms

501-04-005 · Applications of Quantitative MRI in the Body · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Hall 1A

Keywords: Kidney MR Fingerprinting Multiparametric mapping T1rho Open-Source

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Tom Griesler ^1,2, Evan Cummings^1,2, Sydney Kaplan^1,2, Maximilian Gram^3,4, Jesse Hamilton^1,2, Matthew Davenport^2,5, Vikas Gulani², Hero K Hussain², Nicole Seiberlich^1,2, Gastao Cruz²

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States of America

²Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States of America

³Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

⁴Experimental Physics 5, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

⁵Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States of America

Presenting Author: Tom Griesler

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