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Research interests (short)
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I have a background in MRI Physics, which over time this has developed into a wider interest in developing and applying new combinations of imaging techniques to measure and understand the human brain across spatial and temporal scales. My main focus over the last few years has been on combined measurements of electrophysiology via EEG and functional MRI and quantitative structural MRI. I have a particular interest in the application of these methods in the study of epilepsy. Modern neuroimaging play a number of vital roles in this context. They can be used to non-invasively identify (map) epileptogenic brain regions. However, they can also go far beyond this and be used to measure the complex interactions between brain areas and how these relate to the unwanted synchronous brain activity found in epilespy. Crucially both the mapping and characterisation of brain dynamics can inform and assess treatment approaches for example via surgery or electrical stimulation.
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Education/Academic qualification
Medical Physics, Doctor of Philosophy, Speed and Contrast in MRI, UCL University College London
Award Date: 1 Feb 2004
Physics, Master of Natural Science, UCL University College London
Award Date: 1 Jul 2000
External positions
Honorary Reader , UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Thalamocortical structural connectivity in children with focal epilepsy: A diffusion MRI, case–control study
Piper, R. J., Feng, X., Chari, A., Eriksson, M. H., Wagstyl, K., Seunarine, K., Hall, G., Taylor, P. N., Wang, Y., Clayden, J. D., Clark, C. A., Tahir, M. Z., Carmichael, D. W., Baldeweg, T. & Tisdall, M. M., 19 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Epilepsia.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantitative T1 and Effective Proton Density (PD*) mapping in children and adults at 7T from an MP2RAGE sequence optimised for uniform T1-weighted (UNI) and FLuid And White matter Suppression (FLAWS) contrasts
Dokumaci, A. S., Vecchiato, K., Tomi-Tricot, R., Eyre, M., Bridgen, P., Di Cio, P., Casella, C., Wood, T., Sedlacik, J., Wilkinson, T., Giles, S., Hajnal, J., O'Muircheartaigh, J., Malik, S. & Carmichael, D., 9 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Imaging Neuroscience. 3, IMAG.a.966.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Safety of Simultaneous Scalp and Intracranial EEG and fMRI: Evaluation of RF-Induced Heating
Hawsawi, H. B., Papadaki, A., Vakharia, V. N., Thornton, J. S., Carmichael, D. W., Kumar, S. & Lemieux, L., 24 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bioengineering. 12, 6, 564.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The potential of laminar functional MRI in refining the understanding of epilepsy in humans
Aitken, F., Winston, J. S., O'Muircheartaigh, J. & Carmichael, D. W., 4 Dec 2025, In: Brain : a journal of neurology. 148, 12, p. 4180-4197 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Ultra-High Field 7T MRI in a Drug-Resistant Pediatric Epilepsy Cohort: Image Comparison and Radiologic Outcomes
Vecchiato, K., Casella, C., Dokumaci, A. S., Siddiqui, A., Egloff, A., Carney, O., Cleary, J. O., Jarosz, J., Di Ciò, P., Cleri, M., Colford, K., Piper, R. J., Arichi, T., Eyre, M., Aitken, F., Tomi-Tricot, R., Wilkinson, T., Hajnal, J. V., McGinnity, C. J. & Yaakub, S. N. & 6 others, , 9 Sept 2025, In: Neurology. 105, 5, e213921.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Parallel transmit 7T MRI to find epileptogenic lesions in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy
Carmichael, D. (Primary Investigator), Cleary, J. (Co-Investigator) & Hammers, A. (Co-Investigator)
1/09/2025 → 31/08/2029
Project: Research
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Advancing Detection of Sickle Cell Disease-Related Brain Injury in Children Using Ultra High Field MRI
Cleary, J. (Primary Investigator), Carmichael, D. (Co-Investigator) & O'Muircheartaigh, J. (Co-Investigator)
21/04/2025 → 20/04/2027
Project: Research
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7 Tesla Sodium MRI for Identifying Focal Brain Lesions Causing Paediatric Epilepsy
Cleary, J. (Primary Investigator), Carmichael, D. (Co-Investigator), Hammers, A. (Co-Investigator), Ipek, O. (Co-Investigator), Malik, S. (Co-Investigator) & O'Muircheartaigh, J. (Co-Investigator)
1/04/2025 → 31/03/2027
Project: Research
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Developing layer fMRI as a new biomarker of epilepsy in children for treatment optimisation
Carmichael, D. (Primary Investigator), Aitken, F. (Co-Investigator) & Winston, J. (Co-Investigator)
GOSH Charity Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
1/11/2023 → 29/04/2027
Project: Research
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Better localisation for epilepsy surgery by optimising simultaneous EEG and functional MRI recordings at 7T
Carmichael, D. (Primary Investigator) & Ipek, O. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/2023 → 30/09/2027
Project: Research
Datasets
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Data for A multiplex of connectome trajectories enables several connectivity patterns in parallel
Mostame, P., Wirsich, J., Alderson, T. H., Ridley, B., Giraud, A.-L., Carmichael, D. W., Vulliemoz, S., Guye, M., Lemieux, L. & Sadaghiani, S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 21 May 2025
DOI: 10.13012/b2idb-6442192_v1
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Replication Data for: Towards motion insensitive EEG-fMRI: Correcting motion-induced voltages and gradient artefact instability in EEG using an fMRI prospective motion correction (PMC) system
Maziero, D., Velasco, T., Hunt, N., Payne, E., Lemieux, L., Salmon, C. & Carmichael, D., Harvard Dataverse, 1 Jun 2016
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lu58iu
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