Abstract #3286

BOLD Functional Connectivity Analysis Based on Intravascular-Weighting and Parenchymal R2*

Swati Rane¹, Brandon Ally²,³, Tracy Wilson¹, Tricia Thornton-Wells⁴,⁵, John C. Gore¹,⁶, Erin Hussey³, Manus J. Donahue¹,²

¹VUIIS, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States; ²Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States; ³Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States; ⁴Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States; ⁵Molecular Physics and Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States; ⁶Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States

This study examines baseline BOLD connectivity using R2* maps obtained from multi-echo FMRI, in relation to multi-subject comparison.