Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
530-03-007 ISMRM Abstract

Calculating Tissue Heating from Simultaneous Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation and MRI

Primary: Interventional - MR-Guided Neuromodulation
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Safety
530-03-007 · Interventional MRI: Tracking, Temperature Mapping, and Image-Guided Therapy · Wednesday, 13 May, 1:40 PM–3:30 PM · Meeting Room 2.60
Keywords: Focused Ultrasound SAR Thermal effects SAR safety Transcranial focused ultrasound
Accepted
Kristen Zarcone 1, Shota Hodono2, Giuseppe Carluccio3, Ming Lu4, Xinqiang Yan4,5,6,7, Lennart Verhagen8, Martijn A Cloos9, David G Norris2, Samuel Pichardo10, Christopher M Collins3,11,12, Kim B Pauly13, William A Grissom14
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States of America
2Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
3Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, United States of America
4Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States of America
5Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States of America
6Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States of America
7Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States of America
8Donders Institute for Brain, Nijmegen, Netherlands, Netherlands
9Donders Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
10Radiology and Clinical Neuroscience, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
11New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
12Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI²R), New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
13Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
14Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States of America
Presenting Author: Kristen Zarcone

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