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An extra challenge arises when the optimal mapping is required to be diffeomorphic. In this work, we address the problem by proposing a deep-learning framework based on the Quasiconformal (QC) Teichm\u00fcller theories. The main strategy is to learn the Beltrami coefficient (BC) that represents a mapping as the latent feature vector in the deep neural network. The BC measures the local geometric distortion under the mapping, with which the interpretability of the deep neural network can be enhanced. Under this framework, the diffeomorphic property of the mapping can be controlled via a simple activation function within the network. The optimal mapping can also be easily regularized by integrating the BC into the loss function. A crucial advantage of the proposed framework is that once the network is successfully trained, the optimized mapping corresponding to each input data information can be obtained in real time. To examine the efficacy of the proposed framework, we apply the method to the diffeomorphic image registration problem. 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