Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
271-01-061 / 502-03-002 ISMRM Abstract

Comprehensive multi-modal MRI templates of the infant brain: a foundational resource for infant brain research

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Ruolin Li 1,2, Jianlin Guo1,3, Runjia Lin1,2, Shufang Tan1, Kaitlyn T Woods1, zun, ying hu3, Minhui Ouyang1,2, Yun Peng3, Hao Huang1,2
1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States of America
2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America
3Department of Radiology, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children’s Health, Beijing, China
Presenting Author: Ruolin Li

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