Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
368-04-016 ISMRM Abstract

A low-cost motion sensing pad for mock scanners – design, construction and initial evaluation in pediatric brain MRI

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Motion Correction: Neuro
Secondary: Pediatrics - Neuro
368-04-016 · Novel MRI Hardware · Monday, 11 May, 2:45 PM–3:40 PM · Digital Posters Row I
Keywords: Motion Paediatric neuroimaging Fmri Mock scanner
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Saikat T Sengupta1,2, Elton Cross3, Gary Drake2, Yue Chen4, Charlotte R Sappo 2, Sophia Vinci-Booher3
1Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States of America
2Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, United States of America
3Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States of America
4Department of Biomedical Engieering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, United States of America
Presenting Author: Charlotte R Sappo

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