Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
660-04-010 ISMRM Abstract

From Data Scarcity to Data Synthesis: A Pipeline for Generating Female Pelvic Magnetic Resonance Images

Primary: Analysis Methods - Image Synthesis and Translation
Secondary: Body - Pelvis
660-04-010 · AI: Anything Synthetic or Correcting Artifacts · Thursday, 14 May, 2:35 PM–3:30 PM · Digital Posters Row A
Keywords: Female pelvis Image synthesis Synthetic MRI Pelvic imaging Healthy Pelvic
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Anika Knupfer1,2, Johanna P Müller3, Matthias May2, Michael Uder4, Matthias W Beckmann5, Stefanie Burghaus5, Bernhard Kainz3,6, Jana Hutter 1,2,7
1Smart Imaging Lab, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
2Institute of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
3Image Data Exploration and Analysis Lab, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
4University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
5Institute of Women's Health, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
6Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
7School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Jana Hutter

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