Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
567-01-004 ISMRM Abstract

Signal Structure in Echo Planar Time-Resolved Imaging (EPTI): Implications for Multi-echo fMRI Analysis

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Kathryn E Lamar-Bruno 1, Fuyixue Wang2, Zijing Dong2, Daniel Handwerker3, Conan Chen4,5, Ryan A Barnes4, Thomas Liu1,4
1Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, United States of America
2Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
3National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Bethesda, United States of America
4Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, United States of America
5Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, United States of America
Presenting Author: Kathryn E Lamar-Bruno

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