Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
567-01-006 ISMRM Abstract

Characterizing improvements in temporal SNR and motion artifacts in FLASH-based fMRI using 1D phase-stabilization navigators

Primary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI Acquisition
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Motion Correction: Neuro
567-01-006 · Acquisitions for fMRI · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row H
Keywords: Brain fMRI Acquisition Artifacts correction High-field fMRI
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Nadira Yusif Rodriguez 1,2, Omer Oran3, Mukund Balasubramanian4,5, Saskia Bollmann1,2, Martijn A Cloos6, Jonathan R Polimeni1,2
1Richard M. Lucas Center for Imaging, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
2Department of Radiology, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, United States of America
3Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, Chicago, United States of America
4Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
5Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, United States of America
6Donders Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Presenting Author: Nadira Yusif Rodriguez

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