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Abstract #0696

Concept & Realization of High Strength Gradients for the Human Connectome Project

Ralph Kimmlingen1, Eva Eberlein1, Peter Dietz1, Sabrina Kreher1, Johann Schuster1, Jrg Riegler1, Volker Matschl1, Volker Schnetter1, Andreas Schmidt1, Helmut Lenz1, Ernst Mustafa1, Daniel Fischer1, Andreas Potthast1, Ludwig Kreischer1, Michael Eberler1, Franz Hebrank1, Herbert Thein1, Keith Heberlein1, Philipp Hoecht1, Thomas Witzel2, Dylan Tisdall2, Junqian Xu3, Essa Yacoub3, Gregor Adriany3, Edward Auerbach3, Steen Moeller3, David Feinberg4, Dietmar Lehne1, Lawrence L. Wald2, 5, Bruce Rosen2, 5, Kamil Ugurbil3, David van Essen6, Van Wedeen2, Franz Schmitt1

1Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany; 2Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Dept. of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States; 3Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University Minnesota,, Minneapolis, United States; 4Helen Wills Inst. of Neurosc., UC Berkeley, CA, United States; 5Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences Technology, Cambridge , United States; 6Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington U, St. Louis, United States

 

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