Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
652-02-009 / 652-02-009 ISMRM Abstract

Mapping Cardiac and Respiratory Pulsations in the Rat Brain Using ZTE fMRI

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Ekaterina Paasonen 1,2, Petteri Stenroos1, Raimo Salo1, Juhani Utriainen1, Mikko Kettunen1, Shalom Michaeli3, Silvia Mangia3,4, Jaakko Paasonen1, Olli Gröhn1,5
1A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
2Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
3Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Dept. of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America
4Radiology, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Dept. of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America
5University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Presenting Author: Ekaterina Paasonen

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