Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
668-03-002 ISMRM Abstract

microTorch: a software framework for fast and flexible diffusion MRI model fitting

Primary: Analysis Methods - Software Tools
Secondary: Diffusion - Microstructure
668-03-002 · Quantitative MRI Software: Tools and Applications · Thursday, 14 May, 1:40 PM–2:35 PM · Digital Posters Row I
Keywords: Modelling AI/ML Software Open-source software Diffusion MRI
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Snigdha Sen1, Rajib Ahmed2,3, Gerrit C Arends4, Álvaro Planchuelo-Gómez5, Xiaoxiang Chen2,3, Marta Masramon 1, Christopher S Parker1, Marco Palombo2,3, Chantal Tax3,4, Eleftheria Panagiotaki1, Paddy Slator2,3
1Hawkes Institute Department of Computer Science, UCL, London, United Kingdom
2School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
3CUBRIC, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
4Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
5Imaging Processing Laboratory, UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID, Valladolid, Spain
Presenting Author: Marta Masramon

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