Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
661-03-004 ISMRM Abstract

Denoising of High-resolution 3D UTE-MR Angiogram Data using Lightweight and Efficient Convolutional Neural Networks

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Artifacts and Correction Strategies
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Image Enhancement
661-03-004 · Noise and Artifact Mitigation in MRI · Thursday, 14 May, 1:40 PM–2:35 PM · Digital Posters Row B
Keywords: Denoising Contrast-enhanced UTE-MRA BM4D CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK Supervised learning
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Abel W Tessema 1,2, Dagnachew T Ambaye1,3, HyungJoon Cho1
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
2School of Biomedical Engineering, Jimma University, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma, Ethiopia
3School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Hawassa University Institute of Technology, Hawassa, Ethiopia
Presenting Author: Abel W Tessema

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