465-06-011 ISMRM Abstract

CL+μGUIDE: Posterior-Guided Sequence Optimisation for Multidimensional MRI

Primary: Diffusion - Diffusion Acquisition

Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Pulse Sequence Design: Neuro

465-06-011 · Diffusion Acquisition · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:55 PM–5:50 PM · Digital Posters Row F

Keywords: Diffusion MRI Multidimensional MRI MRI sequence optimization Microstructural Parameter Estimation Machine learning (ML)

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Maria Paula Del Popolo ¹, Marco Palombo^2,3, Álvaro Planchuelo-Gómez^4,5, Maëliss Jallais^2,3, Chantal Tax^1,6

¹Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

²School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

³Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

⁴Imaging Processing Laboratory, UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID, Valladolid, Spain

⁵LPI-BIVa, Health Research Institute of Valladolid (IBioVALL), Valladolid, Spain

⁶Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Presenting Author: Maria Paula Del Popolo

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