Standardization of MR Electrical Properties Tomography: A Guideline From the ISMRM Electro-Magnetic Tissue Properties Study Group

Affiliations

¹ Computational Imaging Group for MR Therapy and Diagnostic, Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Torino, Italy.
³ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
⁶ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁷ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
⁸ Philips Healthcare, Seoul, South Korea.
⁹ Philips Innovative Technologies, Hamburg, Germany.
¹⁰ Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R), Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
¹¹ IADI U1254, INSERM and Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.
¹² Global Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.

Stefano Mandija et al. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2026.

. 2026 Jan 16.

doi: 10.1002/jmri.70230. Online ahead of print.

¹ Computational Imaging Group for MR Therapy and Diagnostic, Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Torino, Italy.
³ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
⁶ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁷ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
⁸ Philips Healthcare, Seoul, South Korea.
⁹ Philips Innovative Technologies, Hamburg, Germany.
¹⁰ Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R), Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
¹¹ IADI U1254, INSERM and Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.
¹² Global Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: MR‐EPT standardization; conductivity; permittivity.

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