Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
366-04-013 ISMRM Abstract

Advancing CEST Imaging: Enhanced Spectral and Spatial Resolution with ESRGAN Transfer Learning

Primary: Preclinical Animal & in vitro MR - Biology, Models, Methods
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Multimodal
366-04-013 · Probes and Targets · Monday, 11 May, 2:45 PM–3:40 PM · Digital Posters Row G
Keywords: Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) MRI Deep learning-based reconstruction (DLR) Super-resolution CEST MRI Tumor amide proton transfer (APT) ESRGAN-CEST
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YASHWANT K KURMI 1,2, Malvika Viswanathan1,3, Zhongliang Zu1,2,3
1Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States of America
2Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States of America
3Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States of America
Presenting Author: YASHWANT K KURMI

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