Segmentation analysis in functional MRI: Activation sensitivity and graymatter specificity of RARE and FLASH

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 361-364

  Hutchinson, M ^a   Rusinek, H ^a   Nenov, V I ^b   Feinberg, D A ^a   Johnson, G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Segmentation analysis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031400842     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070217     Document Type: Article

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