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Abstract #2112

Mapping epileptic networks using simultaneous EEG-MRI at ultra-high field

Frdric Grouiller 1 , Joo Jorge 2,3 , Francesca Pittau 4 , Pascal Martelli 1 , Wietske van der Zwaag 5 , Christoph M. Michel 6 , Serge Vullimoz 4 , Maria Isabel Vargas 1 , and Franois Lazeyras 1

1 Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, 2 Department of Bioengineering, Institute for Systems and Robotics, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 3 Laboratory for Functional and Metabolic Imaging, Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 4 EEG and Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 Biomedical Imaging Research Center (CIBM), Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6 Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

We report the feasibility to record simultaneous EEG-fMRI at 7T in epileptic patients. We successfully located epileptic networks using an optimized setup to reduce environmental noise and appropriate artefacts removal algorithms. The quality of intra-MR EEG allows detecting interictal epileptiform discharges and performing noise-sensitive topography-related analyses to detect epilepsy-specific haemodynamic changes. These results open new perspectives to better characterize epileptic networks at higher field.

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