Comparison of 3D BOLD functional MRI with spiral acquisition at 1.5 and 4.0 T

NeuroImage

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 446-451

  Yang, Yihong ^a   Wen, Hen ^b   Mattay, Venkata S ^c   Balaban, Robert S ^b   Frank, Joseph A ^a   Duyn, Jeff H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; High field; Spiral scan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032776472     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1998.0422     Document Type: Article

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