Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
505-04-006 ISMRM Abstract

Stimulus-driven phase encoding to track temporal dynamics across cortical areas and layers using 7T fMRI

Primary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI Analysis
Secondary: Brain Function and fMRI - Task/Intervention Based fMRI
505-04-006 · Mesoscale Functional MRI · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Ballroom West
Keywords: Laminar fMRI Stimulus-driven phase Temporal dynamics Visual processing BOLD
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Josh Wilhelm 1,2,3, Jurjen Heij4, Marcus Daghlian1,2,3,5, Wietske van der Zwaag1,2, Serge Dumoulin1,2,3,6
1Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2Computational Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuroimaging, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
4Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
5Laboratory for Experimental Ophthalmology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
6Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Presenting Author: Josh Wilhelm

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