Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
465-06-001 ISMRM Abstract

Evaluation of Ultra-high b-value diffusion MRI on the NexGen 7T scanner with high-performance head gradients

Primary: Diffusion - Diffusion Acquisition
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - High-Field MRI
465-06-001 · Diffusion Acquisition · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:55 PM–5:50 PM · Digital Posters Row F
Keywords: Gradients 7T Diffusion-weighted MRI Connectome gradient Ultra-high b-value
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David Feinberg 1,2, Erica B Walker1,2, Oleksandr Khegai1, Alexander J Beckett1,2, An T Vu3,4,5
1Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
2Advanced MRI Technologies, LLC, Sebastopol, United States of America
3Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University Of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America
4Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, United States of America
5Radiology Service, San Francisco Veteran Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, United States of America
Presenting Author: David Feinberg

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