Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
630-01-004 ISMRM Abstract

Finite-difference based MR Electrical Properties Reconstruction Optimization Method at 3T

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Electromagnetic Tissue Properties
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: head and neck
630-01-004 · Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: From Phase to Tissue Properties · Thursday, 14 May, 8:30 AM–10:20 AM · Meeting Room 2.60
Keywords: Electromagnetic Tissue Properties MR-EPT Phase-based EPT Physics-constrained optimization
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Kyu-Jin Jung 1,2, Thierry Meerbothe3,4, Chuanjiang Cui2, Changmin Ryu2, Mina Park5, Cornelis A van den Berg3,4, Stefano Mandija3,4, Chunlei Liu1,6, Dong-Hyun Kim2
1Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
3Department of Radiotherapy, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
4Computational Imaging Group for MR Therapy and Diagnostics, Center for Image Sciences, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
5Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
6Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
Presenting Author: Kyu-Jin Jung

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