Technical challenges of functional magnetic resonance imaging: The biophysics and technology behind a reliable neuroscientific tool for mapping the human brain

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 42-54

  Turner, R ^a   Ordidge, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; OPEN-SKULL SURGERY; SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (SPET);

BLOOD; BRAIN; DATA REDUCTION; NEUROLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034282241     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.870231     Document Type: Review

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