Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
530-03-009 ISMRM Abstract

UHF MRI (7T) Symbiotic QSM-DTI Tractography for Augmented Imaging Support in MRgFUS Neurosurgery

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: head and neck
Secondary: Diffusion - Tractography
530-03-009 · Interventional MRI: Tracking, Temperature Mapping, and Image-Guided Therapy · Wednesday, 13 May, 1:40 PM–3:30 PM · Meeting Room 2.60
Keywords: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Diffusion Tractography Transcranial focused ultrasound Ultrahigh-field MRI Post-processing pipeline
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Martin Ndengera1, Robin Peretzke2, Laura Gui Levy3, Daniele Botta4, Shahan Momjian5, Paul Constanthin5, Bénédicte M Delattre1, João Jorge6, Pauline C Guillemin3, Ludovica Romanin7, Gian Franco Piredda7, Julian Schroers8, Orane Lorton5, Alma Lingenberg9, Christo Bratanov9, Roberto Martuzzi10, Peter Neher2, Pierre-Alexandre Poletti1, Karl Schaller5, karl-Olof Lovblad4, Marc N Gallay5,11, Vanessa Fleury9, Felix T Kurz4,12,13, Rares V Salomir 1,3,13
1Division of Radiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
2Division of Medical Image Computing, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
3Image Guided Interventions Laboratory (GR-949), University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
4Division of Neuroradiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
5Division of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
6CSEM – Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, Bern, Switzerland
7Swiss Innovation Hub, Siemens Healthineers International AG, Lausanne, Switzerland
8Division of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
9Division of Neurology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
10Neurosciences, MRI, Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
11Neurological and Neurosurgical Institute (SIFUS) AG, Ostermundigen, Switzerland, Switzerland
12Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
13ex aequo last author, Switzerland
Presenting Author: Rares V Salomir

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