Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
464-04-003 Registered Abstract

Does Denoising Reduce Cross-Vendor Variability in Diffusion MRI? A Travelling Heads Evaluation

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Francesco D'Antonio 1,2, Jose-Pedro Manzano-Patron1,2, Olivier E Mougin3, Paul S Morgan1,2,4, Stam Sotiropoulos1,2, Shaun Warrington1,2
1Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
2Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
3Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
4National Institute of Health & Care Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Francesco D'Antonio

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