Speaker
Description
Ultra-high-field (7T) MRI offers unprecedented sensitivity and spatial specificity, enabling access to functional and structural information across cortical depths in the living human brain. Depth-resolved functional MRI opens new avenues for testing and discriminating between competing models of human cognition by linking neural computations to layer-specific patterns of activity. In parallel, high-resolution quantitative anatomical imaging at 7T provides powerful markers of tissue microstructure, allowing the identification of subtle and distinct disease signatures, particularly in neurodegenerative disorders. This talk will focus on the development of cutting-edge MRI methods designed to mitigate challenges associated with field-specific artefacts and sources of bias that can confound interpretation and to maximise image quality.