Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
304-04-003 / 271-01-051 ISMRM Abstract

Going wearable in simultaneous EEG-fMRI at 7T: 8TxRx dipole antenna combined with a 10Rx-only twisted-pair coil array

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Multimodal
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - RF Arrays & Systems
304-04-003 · Multimodal and Innovative Design · Monday, 11 May, 4:10 PM–6:00 PM · Ballroom East
271-01-051 · ISMRM AMPC Selected Posters · Sunday, 10 May, 7:00 AM–2:00 PM · Traditional Posters
Keywords: Multi-modal MRI Wearable RF coil RF Coil Array EEG-fMRI EEG-MRI integration
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Elizaveta Shegurova 1,2, Andreas Lu3, Leen Bou Khaled1,2, Thanh Phong Lê1,4, Jules Vliem5, Katarzyna Pierzchala1,4, Emilie Sleight1,6, Jonathan Wirsich1,7, Frédéric Grouiller1,8, Irena Zivkovic5, Dimitri Van De Ville1,9,10, Dimitrios Karampinos1,2,6, Daniel Wenz1,2
1CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging, Lausanne, Switzerland
2MR Imaging Technology Section, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
3DTU Health Tech, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
4CIBM Pre-Clinical Imaging EPFL Metabolic Imaging Section, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
5Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
6Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems and Methods, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
7Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
8Division of Radiology, Department of Diagnostics, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
9Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
10Neuro-X Institute, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Presenting Author: Elizaveta Shegurova

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