[Dataset for] Whole-brain meso-vein imaging in living humans using fast 7-T MRI

Citation If you use this dataset, please cite: Gulban, O.F., Stirnberg, R., Tse, D.H.Y., Pizzuti, A., Koiso, K., Archila-Melendez, M.E., Bollmann, S., Goebel, R., Kay, K., Ivanov, D., 2026. Whole-brain meso-vein imaging in living humans using fast 7-T MRI. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea4540 This dataset is collected for: Gulban, O.F., Stirnberg, R., Tse, D.H.Y., Pizzuti, A., Koiso, K., Archila-Melendez, M.E., Bollmann, S., Goebel, R., Kay, K., Ivanov, D., 2026. Whole-brain meso-vein imaging in living humans using fast 7-T MRI. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea4540 And also used in: Pizzuti, Bazin, Ivanov, Dresbach, Peter, Goebel, Gulban, 2024. Multimodal laminar characterization of visual areas along the cortical hierarchy (Preprint). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.18.624072 For questions and comments please contact Omer Faruk Gulban. Where to start? You can download `sub-01_part-mag_ME3DEPI_crop_ups2X_prepped_echo-mean.nii.gz` and load it into a free nifti viewer (e.g. ITKSNAP) to have a look at the data. Protocol Replication The foundation is the custom multishot 3D-EPI sequence compiled by Rüdiger Stirnberg (DZNE). You can access this sequence via the Siemens C2P exchange platform: https://webclient.eu.api.teamplay.siemens-healthineers.com/c2p and search for these terms to find the package: 3D EPI, 3D Echo Planar Imaging, DZNE Bonn, dzne_ep3d . Once the sequence is available on your scanner, you can replicate our specific protocol using the parameter PDF. Download ME3DEPI_pt35_whole_brain_3echos_7min_UPDATE-v3p1.pdf for the latest updated example protocol. Note that we have our previous protocol that was used to acquire the publised data during 2024-2025 years (named ME3DEPI_pt35_whole_brain_3echos_7min.pdf), however Rüdiger developed the sequence further since then. Therefore, currently, we advise you to copy the parameters from ME3DEPI_pt35_whole_brain_3echos_7min_UPDATE-v3p1.pdf.