660-04-014 ISMRM Abstract

Sharp DWI by an optimized combination of complex signal averaging and a complex-domain machine learning denoising

Primary: Diffusion - Diffusion Reconstruction

Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - AI methods

660-04-014 · AI: Anything Synthetic or Correcting Artifacts · Thursday, 14 May, 2:35 PM–3:30 PM · Digital Posters Row A

Keywords: Diffusion Denoising AI/ML Image Reconstruction Diffusion Reconstruction Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Phase correction

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Masahiro Abe¹, Mitsuhiro Bekku ¹, Yuki Takai¹, Hideaki Kutsuna¹, Masanori Ozaki¹, Hiroshi Kusahara¹, Kensuke Shinoda¹

¹Canon Inc., Tokyo, Japan

Presenting Author: Mitsuhiro Bekku

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