Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
406-01-005 / 271-01-063 ISMRM Abstract

A new paradigm for whole-night sleep neuroimaging using a wearable coil and quiet BOLD acquisition

Primary: Neuro - Aging
Secondary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI Acquisition
406-01-005 · fMRI: Acquisition and Preprocessing · Tuesday, 12 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Auditorium 2
271-01-063 · ISMRM AMPC Selected Posters · Sunday, 10 May, 7:00 AM–2:00 PM · Traditional Posters
Keywords: fMRI (resting state) Sleep Brain dynamics Silent fMRI Sleep fMRI
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Omer Sharon1,2, Julian A Maravilla 3, Shreya Ramachandran3, Florian Wiesinger4, Ana Beatriz Solana4, Matthew P Walker1,2, Chunlei Liu2,3, Ana C Arias3, Michael Lustig3
1Center for Human Sleep Science, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
2Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
3Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
4GE Healthcare, Munich, Germany
Presenting Author: Julian A Maravilla

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