Clinical rationale for very-high-field (3.0 Tesla) functional magnetic resonance imaging

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-50

  Thulborn, Keith R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical applications; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Very high magnetic field

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033067313     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-199902000-00004     Document Type: Review

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