Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
430-02-002 ISMRM Abstract

Arterial Spin Labeling MRI with Radial Sampling - End-to-End Open-Source Sequence Design and Image Reconstruction using BART

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Open source software, sequences, and reconstruction algorithms
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Arterial Spin Labelling
430-02-002 · Novel Acquisition Strategies and Open-Source Sequences · Tuesday, 12 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Meeting Room 2.60
Keywords: Open-source software Radial MRI Reproducibility PCASL Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)
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Viktoria Buchegger 1, Daniel Mackner1, Ingmar Sorgenfrei1, Philip Schaten1, Moritz Blumenthal1, Ingrid Barth1, Rudolf Stollberger1, Martin Uecker1
1Institute of Biomedical Imaging, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Presenting Author: Viktoria Buchegger

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