Presentation
The AROMA project will provide the means for non-invasive
in vivo exploration of the cognitive functions of the human brain at the mesoscopic scale using disruptive MRI technologies and an unprecedented field intensity: 11.7 Tesla on the magnet of the Iseult project at NeuroSpin. Several ambitious objectives are envisaged: maximizing the signal through advanced sequence developments, innovative coil designs, paradigm-shifting RF pulse designs; exploiting emerging field sensor technology to minimize motion-induced noise and subject physiology to achieve targeted functional detection sensitivity; testing and validating scientific advances in healthy adult volunteers to validate the quality of anatomical acquisitions as well as the reliable detection of neuronal activations.
AROMA is a multidisciplinary project involving 6 partners from the EU (with young researchers and first-time FET participants), 5 countries covering the academic and industrial world. The medical sector will be concerned by the results of the AROMA project, with consequences in computational psychiatry, in the deciphering of the coding of words and mathematical objects. The arsenal of techniques deployed in the project will constitute a paradigm shift with a unified solution, and with commercial opportunities and benefits for the MRI industry in general.
Project duration
5 years
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Funding
3 601 526.25 €
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Number of partners
6
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Starting date
January 01, 2021
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Coordinator : CEA
Joliot Institute Contact: Nicolas Boulant, coordinator: nicolas.boulant@cea.fr
website
AROMA-H2020
H2020 agreement id : 885876
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