Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
567-01-010 ISMRM Abstract

Spatial resolution and SNR Optimization in Simultaneous Brain-Spinal Cord fMRI

Primary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI Acquisition
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Non-AI methods
567-01-010 · Acquisitions for fMRI · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row H
Keywords: Denoising Cervical Spinal Cord FMRI Methods
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Eugene Ozhinsky 1, Zanib Naeem1, Angela M Mueller1,2, Salvatore Torrisi1,2, An T Vu1,2
1Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States of America
2Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, United States of America
Presenting Author: Eugene Ozhinsky

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