Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
606-03-007 ISMRM Abstract

Ultra-low-field Lumbar Spine MRI at 0.05 Tesla

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Image Reconstruction: AI
606-03-007 · Low Field MRI Applications · Thursday, 14 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Auditorium 2
Keywords: Deep learning Ultra-Low-Field MRI Artificial Intelligence Lumbar spine Super-resolution reconstruction
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Zihao Jin1,2, Vick Lau1,2, Fan Huang3, Xiang Li1,2, Ye Ding1,2, Alex T. L. Leong 1,2, Varut Vardhanabhuti3, Yujiao Zhao1,2, Ed X Wu1,2
1Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
3Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Presenting Author: Alex T. L. Leong

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