Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
505-04-002 / 271-01-026 ISMRM Abstract

Layer-fMRI at 0.39 mm isotropic meets vascular mapping at 0.35 mm isotropic: Partners or Confounders?

Primary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI Acquisition
Secondary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI Analysis
505-04-002 · Mesoscale Functional MRI · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Ballroom West
271-01-026 · ISMRM AMPC Selected Posters · Sunday, 10 May, 7:00 AM–2:00 PM · Traditional Posters
Keywords: 7 Tesla Layer-fMRI Meso-veins Negative BOLD Single-vessel MRI
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Alessandra Pizzuti 1, Omer Faruk Gulban1,2, Rainer Goebel1,2, Renzo Huber3
1Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
2Brain innovation B.V., Maastricht, Netherlands
3Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
Presenting Author: Alessandra Pizzuti

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