Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
531-01-016 / 531-01-016 Registered Abstract

PaWS: Parallel-transmit Water Suppression pulses towards homogeneous whole-brain MRSI at 7T

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Chiara Coletti 1, Aaron T Hess1, William T Clarke1
1Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Chiara Coletti

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