Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
607-03-007 ISMRM Abstract

High-Acceleration Silent EPI with Reduced Distortion Using Ultrasonic Gradient Encoding

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Pulse Sequence Design and Spatial Encoding Methods
Secondary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI Acquisition
607-03-007 · New Pulse Sequences and Signal Modeling Designs · Thursday, 14 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Meeting Room 1.40
Keywords: fMRI Acquisition EPI Wave-CAIPI Ultrasonic Silent MRI
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Yahya Almasri1, Edwin Versteeg 2, Jeroen Siero3
1Department of Radiology, Center of Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
2Computational Imaging Group for MRI Therapy & Diagnostics, Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
3Department of Radiology, Centre for Image Sciences,, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Presenting Author: Edwin Versteeg

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