“Silence is Golden: An insight into neuroimaging applications with low acoustic noise techniques”
Wednesday 9th December,2020
2pm-3:00pm
We are delighted to welcome, Emil Ljungberg, Tobias Wood and Nikou Damestani together presenting a talk titled:
“Silence is Golden: An insight into neuroimaging applications with low acoustic noise techniques”
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners produce loud acoustic noise during data acquisition, caused by vibrations within the scanner hardware. These vibrations can be reduced using zero echo time (ZTE) pulse sequences, which enable efficient imaging with minimal acoustic noise. In this talk we will describe the concepts behind these pulse sequences, overall named as “silent MRI”, and their applications for structural and functional neuroimaging. We will describe how to achieve commonly used structural image contrasts including: proton density, T1, T2, magnetisation transfer, and T2*. We will also highlight recent advancements in silent fMRI in healthy participants using a ZTE-base technique known as Looping Star.
Following the talk (45mins) there will be a Q&A (15mins)