Comparison of inversion recovery asymmetrical spin-echo EPI and gradient-echo EPI for brain motor activation study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 843-847

  Zheng, Jie ^a,b   Ehrhardt, James C ^a   Cizadlo, Ted ^a   Yuh, William T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric spin echo; Echo planar imaging; Functional MR; Inversion recovery; Microvascular; Motor cortex activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031401004     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070511     Document Type: Article

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