Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
466-05-010 ISMRM Abstract

Automated Skull-Stripping of Pediatric Low-Field T2-Weighted Brain MR Images

Primary: Pediatrics - Neuro
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Segmentation and Detection
466-05-010 · Pediatric Low Field MRI · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:00 PM–4:55 PM · Digital Posters Row G
Keywords: Deep learning Ultra-Low-Field MRI Pediatric brain MRI Image segmentation Skull-stripping
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Rahimeh Rouhi1, Jeffrey Tanedo1, Malia Valder1, Austin Tapp2, Krithika Iyer2, Sean Deoni3, Marius Linguraru2,4, Natasha Lepore 1,5
1CIBORG Lab, Los Angeles, United States of America
2Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States of America
3Gates Foundation, Seattle, United States of America
4Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Health Sciences,, George Washington University, Washington, United States of America
5Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
Presenting Author: Natasha Lepore

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