Spatial and temporal resolution of functional magnetic resonance imaging

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 560-571

  Menon, Ravi S ^a,b   Gati, Joseph S ^a   Goodyear, Bradley G ^b   Luknowsky, David C ^b   Thomas, Christopher G ^b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

BOLD; fMRI; Functional imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

EID: 0032469840     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o98-051     Document Type: Review

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