Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
360-02-003 ISMRM Abstract

Principled hyperparameter tuning for diffusion-based MRI solvers

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Irmak Sivgin 1, Julio Oscanoa2,3,4, Cagan Alkan1,5, Daniel B Ennis4,6,7,8,9,10, John Pauly1,5,6, Mert Pilanci1, Shreyas Vasanawala6,7,11,12
1Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
2Bioengineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
3Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
4Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
5Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
6Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
7Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
8Division of Radiology, Veterans Administration Health Care System, Palo Alto, United States of America
9Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
10Department of Radiology, Stanford, California, USA, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
11Stanford Medicine, Stanford, United States of America
12Pediatric Radiology, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, United States of America
Presenting Author: Irmak Sivgin

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