Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
530-02-001 ISMRM Abstract

RealKeyMorph: A Resolution-Agnostic Keypoint-Based Image Registration Framework for MRI

Primary: Analysis Methods - Image Registration and Alignment
Secondary: Cross-Organ
530-02-001 · Registration, Atlases, and Motion · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Meeting Room 2.60
Keywords: Image registration MRI Keypoints Real-world coordinates Resolution-agnostics
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Mina Chookhachizadeh Moghadam1, Alan Wang2, Omer Taub3, Martin R Prince 4,5, Mert Sabuncu4,6
1Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, United States of America
2Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
3Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States of America
4Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States of America
5Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, United States of America
6Cornell University, Ithaca, United States of America
Presenting Author: Martin R Prince

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