Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
562-06-015 ISMRM Abstract

Functional MRI Reveals Somatosensory Delta Rhythms Drive the Strongest Brain-wide Activation among Sensorimotor Cortices

Primary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI Analysis
Secondary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI Acquisition
562-06-015 · fMRI: Preclinical · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:55 PM–5:50 PM · Digital Posters Row C
Keywords: Neuroscience fMRI Analysis EEG-fMRI Model Biology
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Junjian Wen 1,2, Linshan Xie1,2, Yankai Zhang1,2, Ed X Wu1,2, Alex T. L. Leong1,2
1Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Presenting Author: Junjian Wen

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