Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
530-02-006 ISMRM Abstract

Population-Representative Brain Templates and Morphometric Aging Signatures from Ultra-Low-Field (64 mT) MRI

Primary: Analysis Methods - Image Registration and Alignment
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI
530-02-006 · Registration, Atlases, and Motion · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Meeting Room 2.60
Keywords: Aging Image registration Ultra-Low-Field MRI Deep Learning Segmentation Template
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Kh Tohidul Islam 1, Parisa Zakavi1, Shenjun Zhong1, Sanuwani Dayarathna2, Himashi Peiris2, Helen Kavnoudias3,4, Yi Chao Foong5,6, Anneke Van Der Walt7, Juan F Domínguez D.8, Karen Caeyenberghs 8, Gary F Egan1, Meng Law9, Zhaolin Chen1,2
1Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Clayton, Australia
2Department of Data Science and AI, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Clayton, Australia
3Department of Radiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
4Department of Surgery, Monash University School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Clayton, Australia
5Multiple Sclerosis Research Flagship, Menzies Institute of Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
6Department of Neurology, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmanian Health Service, Australia
7Department of Neuroscience, School for Translational Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Clayton, Australia
8Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
9Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Presenting Author: Kh Tohidul Islam

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