Layer-fMRI abstracts 2022

This page collects layer-fMRI abstracts from neuro imaging conferences in 2022. This is following the tradition of layer-fMRI abstracts in the previous years: layer-fMRI abstracts 2019, layer-fMRI abstracts 2020, and layer-fMRI abstracts 2021. Comments and completions are welcome (renzohuber@gmail.com).

NIH BRAIN initiative conference

Link to conference (June 21st-June 22nd): https://brainmeeting.swoogo.com/2022/

• Hartung (MGH): Biophysical simulations of BOLD fMRI responses using human Vascular Anatomical Network models. IPoster
• Choi (MGH): Distinguish hemodynamic responses at the white matter tract from the laminar-specific gray matter fMRI signal with high spatiotemporal line-scanning fMR. IPoster
• Blazewskaja (MGH): Relating functional MRI to neuronal activity: accounting for effects of microarchitecture. IPoster.
• Fomin-Thunemann (Boston): Laminar O2 Measurements reveal high metabolic activity in Cortical Layer I during active Brain States. IPoster.

OHBM in Glasgow

Link to conference (June 19th – June 23rd): https://www.humanbrainmapping.org/.

In order to see the comments to the posters and have virtual discussion, this is the platform https://event.fourwaves.com/ohbm-2022/. Mirrored posters.

Virtual session on June 8th

• #1381 Richard Klein (NIH), 12:30 PM, Laminar-dependent functional connectivity between Area V4 and Frontoparietal Cortex (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #1603 Burak Akin (NIH), 11:00 AM, Laminar level subcortico-cortical interactions during naturalistic movie viewing (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #1726 Tyler Morgan (NIH), 12:30 PM, A functionally time-resolved reconstruction technique for high-resolution fMRI (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #1760 Omer Faruk Gulban (Maastricht), 12:30 PM, Cake plots: Point cloud rendering is useful to visualize flattened high resolution cortical images (poster, Video, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #1957 Denis Chaimow (Leipzig), 11:00 AM, Estimating voxel-wise laminar depth from surface meshes (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #2155 Guoxiang Liu (CiNet), 11:00 AM, BISEPI for enhanced detection of BOLD activity in isotropic submillimeter-resolution fMRI at 7T (poster, video, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in))
• #2159 Ryesa Mansoor (NIH), 11:00 AM, Topographical and Laminar Distribution of Audiovisual Processing in the Superior Temporal Sulcus (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #2174 Daniel Haenelt (Leipzig), 12:30 PM, Examination of draining vein contributions in GE- and SE-EPI BOLD across cortical depth at 7T (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #2175 Alessandra Pizzuti (Maasticht), 11:00 AM, Laminar and columnar functional organization of human area MT using VASO at 7T (poster, video, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #2256, Daniel Marsh (Nottingham), 12:30 AM, Layer 7T fMRI-EEG: human alpha oscillations originate from visual cortex superficial and deep layers (poster, video, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #2284 Sebastian Dresbach (Maastricht), 12:30 PM, High Temporo-Spatial Resolution VASO Reveals Differential Laminar Reactivity to Short Stimuli at 7T (poster, video, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #2286 Lonike Faes (Maastricht), 12:30 PM, Mapping frequency preference in the auditory cortex using CBV-sensitive layer-fMRI (poster, video, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #2902 Grant Hartung (MGH), Estimating cortical laminar specificity from precapillary arterioles using biophysical simulations (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #2945 Peter Lauren (NIH), 11:00 AM, Using Clipping Planes to Analyze Brain Data in suma (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #2002 Kevin Sitek (Pittsburgh), 12:30, Vasculature mapping in human superior and inferior colliculus (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #1965 Amin Saberi (Leipzig/Juelich), Principal axis of laminar thickness covariance in the human cortex. (poster, video, fourwaves (you neeed to be logged in).

June 7th

• #2398 Elisa Zamboni (York), 11:00 AM, Investigating the functional organisation of curvature responses in human V4 (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #1068 Denis Chaimow (Leipzig), 12:30 PM, Towards a reproducible layer fMRI pipeline for high-level cognition (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #1069 Jonas Karolis Degutis (Leipzig), 11:00 AM, Increased working memory load activates superficial layers of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).
• #1070 Romy Lorenz (Leipzig), 12:30 AM, Probing the laminar circuitry of the dlPFC during the attentional modulation of working memory (poster, fourwaves page (you need to be logged in)).

ISMRM in London

Link to conference (May 7th-May12th): https://www.ismrm.org/22/22program.htm

Note, the link to the proceedings required login credentials. The link to the open abstract it available for everyone.

Monday May 9th 09:15: Gather Town Pitches (South West, 1)

• #2984 Booth 5: C. Liu (Changsha): 7 T CBV fMRI reveal cortical microcircuits of bottom-up saliency in the human brain. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).
• #2985 Booth 6: S. Han (SKKU): Improving laminar functional specificity and sensitivity using combined spin- and gradient-echo EPI at 7 T. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).
• #2986 Booth 7: S. Eun (SKKU): Laminar BOLD normalization using breath-hold challenge. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).

Monday, 09 May 15:45 – 16:45: Posters (Exhibition Hall:S8 & S9)

• #1106 Computer 11: A. Berman (MGH): Improved high-resolution fMRI image quality with simultaneous multislice VFA-FLEET using a novel multi-kernel slice-GRAPPA algorithm. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).

Monday May 9th 17:00- 19:00: Gather Town Pitches (South West, 1)

• #3332 Booth 12: F. Wang (MGH): Mapping cortical-depth dependent responses in human motor cortex using Spin-echo Echo Planar Time-resolved Imaging (SE-EPTI). (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).
• #3335 Booth 15: W. Zhu (CMRR): Hemodynamic responses based on CBV weighted fMRI strongly correlate with single-unit neuronal action potentials across cortical layers. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).
• #3437 Booth 16: J. Pfannmoeller (MGH): Investigating the origin of the BOLD initial dip with biophysical simulations based on realistic microvascular networks: flow or metabolism? (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).
• #3337 Booth 17: A Blazejewska (MGH): Temporal evolution of the cortical-depth profiles of BOLD fMRI response. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).

Tuesday, 10 May 14:30 – 15:30: Powerpitch Talks (Power Pitch Theatre 1)

• #0258: A. Beckett (Berkeley) Plasma #1: Evaluation of Single-shot EPI with Sub-millimeter Resolution fMRI on the Next-Generation 7T brain scanner. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).
• #0260: S. Dresbach (Maastricht) Plasma #3: High temporo-spatial resolution VASO reveals differential laminar reactivity to event-related stimuli at 7T. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Video, Pathable).
• #0261: K. Koiso (Maastricht) Plasma #4: Towards whole brain layer-fMRI connectivity: methodological advancements for functional layer connectomics. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Video, Pathable).

Tuesday, 10 May 17:45 – 18:45: Powerpitch Talks (Power Pitch Theatre)

• #0362: S. Sengupta (Vanmderbilt): Shuttered Echo Planar fMRI with Dynamic Motion and Phase Correction. (open abstract, Pathable).

Tuesday, 10 May 18:45 – 19:45. Poster

• #1829 PF Yang (Vanderbilt): Layer-specific microsimulation of S2 cortex revealed distinct functional microcircuits in non-human primate brain (abstract, Pathable)

Wednesday, 11 May 09:15 – 11:15. Talks (S11 (Breakout B))

• #0397: D. Feinberg (Berkeley): Sub-0.1 microliter CBV fMRI on the Next Generation 7T scanner. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable, 11min Video).
• #0398: R. Huber (Maastricht): Evaluating the capabilities and challenges of layer-fMRI VASO at 3T. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, 5min Video, 10min Video, Pathable).
• #0404: X. Shao (USC): Concurrent laminar CBF, CBV, T2-BOLD and CMRO2 fMRI at 7T in human primary motor cortex. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).

Wednesday May 11th 14:30-15:30. Poster (Exhibition Hall:S8 & S9)

• #2112 Computer 14: I. Oliveira (Spinoza): Improved digit selectivity using VASO-CBV in 7T digit motor mapping. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).
• #2118 Computer 20: D. Gomez (MGH): Temporal properties of fast BOLD fMRI responses in veins and parenchyma. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).
• #2843 Malekian (UCL). Distortion correction of 3D EPI for cortical depth-resolved fMRI at 7T ,archive, open abstract.

Wednesday May 11th 15:30-16:30. Poster (Exhibition Hall:S8 & S9)

• #2188 Computer 1: L. Vizioli (CMRR): Ultra-high resolution human functional imaging using 10.5 Tesla. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable Video).
• #2189 Computer 2: N. Priovoulos (Spinoza): Combining Arterial Blood Contrast with BOLD improves fMRI laminar specificity. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable Video).
• #2190 Computer 3: V. Pfaffenrot (Essen): Laminar fMRI with MT-prepared multi-echo 3D FLASH. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable Video).
• #2191 Computer 4: S. Horovitz: (NIH): Laminar VASO fMRI in hand dystonia patients. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable Video).
• #2192 Computer 5: L. Dowdle (CMRR): Using ultra-high field fMRI to uncover depth-dependent activation in the ventral temporal lobe. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable Video).
• #2193 Computer 6: A. Pizzuti (Maastricht): Laminar and columnar functional organization of human area MT using VASO at 7T. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable Video, Video).
• #2194 Computer 7: L. Faes (Maastricht): CBV-sensitive layer-fMRI in the human auditory cortex at 7T: Challenges and capabilities. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable link, Video).
• #2196 Computer 9: D. Marsh (Nottingham): Laminar layer 7T fMRI-EEG reveals human alpha oscillations are predominately from superficial and deep layers. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable Video).
• #2197 Computer 10: H-J Lee (Toronto): Cortical-depth dependent functional connectivity at the human auditory cortex during the resting state and under complex naturalistic stimuli. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable Video).
• #2199 Computer 12: W. B. Jung (SKKU): Neurophysiological source of laminar fMRI. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable Video).
• #2200 Computer 13: S. Kang (SKKU): Thalamic and cortical input layers in the somatomotor cortex detected by laminar fMRI in non-human primates at 7T. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable Video).

Wednesday, 11 May 16:45 – 18:45 Talks (N11 (Breakout A)):

• #0526: S. Hodono (Queensland): Tracking rapid stimulus-driven BOLD oscillations  in the human primary motor cortex and somatosensory cortex. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).
• #0529: E. Roefs (Utrecht): The Relative Contribution of the Vascular Architecture and Reactivity to the BOLD signal Formation. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).

Thursday, 12 May 14:45 – 15:45: Talks: Power Pitch: Power Pitch Theatre 2

• #0687: O. F. Gulban (Maastricht) 14:47: Brain in a virtual Petri dish: Flattening high resolution cortex patches in MRI and histology. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Video, Pathable).

Thursday, 12 May 14:45 – 16:45 Talks (S11 (Breakout A)):

• #0682: G. Hartung (MGH) 14:57: Simulated fMRI responses using human Vascular Anatomical Network models with varying architecture and dynamics. (proceedings abstract, open abstract, Pathable).

Invited Lectures:

• Peter Koopmans: The Higher, the Better: Acquisition & Analysis at Ultra-High Field, Tuesday, 10 May 08:00, ICC Capital Suite 14-16, Sunrise lecture (Pathable).
• Seong-Gi Kim: Preclinical Simultaneous fMRI & Electrophysiology. Thursday, 12 May. 8:00 ICC Capital Hall 1, Sunrise lecture.
• Kamil Ugurbil: Finding Ecstasy & Agony in a Marriage Between Physics & Neuroscience, Thursday, 12 May. 19:30, ICC Auditorium, Mansfield Lecture.

ISMRM Benelux meeting in Maastricht

Link to workshop (April 25th 2022): https://www.ismrm-benelux.org/meeting-2022/

Powerpitch (time: 9:45, room: Brussels/Paris)

• PP 005 Sebastian Dresbach: High temporo-spatial resolution VASO reveals differential laminar reactivity to event-related stimuli at 7T. Abstract.

Poster session 1 (odd numbered posters) (time 12:15-12:45, room: Praetorium)

• P 055 Ícaro Agenor Ferreira Oliveira: Comparing population Receptive Field mapping using VASO-CBV and BOLD. Abstract.

Poster session 2 (even numbered posters) (time 14:00-14:30, room: Praetorium)

• P 012 Luisa Raimondo: Spin-echo line-scanning at 7T. Abstract.
• P 052 Kenshu Koiso: Towards whole-brain layer-fMRI connectivity: methodological advancements for functional layer connectomics. Abstract.
• P 056 Alessandra Pizzuti: Laminar and columnar functional organization of human area MT using VASO at 7T. Abstract.
• P 062 Nikos Priovoulos: Combining Arterial Blood Contrast with BOLD improves fMRI laminar specificity. Abstract.

Oral session (time 14:30, room: Brussels)

• O 015 Lonike Faes: CBV-sensitive layer-fMRI in the human auditory cortex at 7T: Challenges and capabilities. Abstract.

Oral session (time 16:00, room Paris)

• O 029 Emiel Roefs: The Relative Contribution of the Vascular Architecture and Reactivity to the BOLD signal Formation. Abstract.
• O 030 Alejandro Monreal: Combining the benefits of 3D acquisitions and spiral readouts in VASO fMRI. Abstract.
• O 031 Deni Kurban: VASO fMRI using 2D-SMS spiral readouts. Abstract.

UHF Workshop by ISMRM in Lisbon

Link to workshop (March 18th – March 22nd): https://www.ismrm.org/workshops/2022/UHF/

• Kaihua Zhang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA: Differential Laminar Activation in the Medial & Lateral Entorhinal Cortex in the Human Brain Revealed by Laminar Functional MRI at 7T. (abstract).
• Kenshu Koiso, B.Sc, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Japan: Towards Whole-Brain Layer-fMRI Connectivity: Methodological Advancements for Functional Layer Connectomics. (abstract).
• Alessandra Pizzuti, Ph.D. Candidate, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands: Laminar & Columnar Functional Organization of Human Area MT Using VASO at 7T. (abstract)
• Luca Vizioli, Ph.D. University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, USA: Ultra-High Resolution Human Functional Imaging Using 10.5 Tesla. (abstract).
• Daniel C. Marsh, M.Sc., University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, UK: Laminar Layer 7T fMRI-EEG Reveals Human Alpha Oscillations Are Predominately From Superficial & Deep Layers. (abstract).
• Sebastian Dresbach, Ph.D. Candidate, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands: High Temporo-Spatial Resolution VASO Reveals Differential Laminar Reactivity to Short Stimuli at 7T (poster).
• Christoph A. Rettenmeier, Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA: Pseudo-Golden Angle 3D Radial Echo-Planar Imaging for BOLD Functional MRI at Ultra-High Field. (abstract).
• Logan T. Dowdle, Ph.D. University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, USA: Uncovering depth-dependent and task-modulated activation in the ventral temporal lobe with ultra-high field fMRI. (abstract).
• Michael Asghar, Ph.D., Nottingham, UK: Two-dimensional population receptive field mapping of human primary somatosensory cortex. (abstracts).
• Laurentius Huber, Ph.D, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Probing Cortical Circuitry: Laminar fMRI in Humans. (invited lecture).
• Seong-Gi Kim, Ph.D. Institute for Basic Science & Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea: Hemodynamic fMRI at Ultra-High Fields: Toward Systems Neuroscience Research. (material not available yet).
• David Feinberg, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA: Nex-Gen 7T, Berkeley. (synopsis).