Characterization of BOLD activation in multi-echo fMRI data using fuzzy cluster analysis and a comparison with quantitative modeling

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 484-489

  Barth, Markus ^a   Windischberger, Christian ^b   Klarhöfer, Markus ^b   Moser, Ewald ^a,b  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

BOLD; EDA; Functional MRI; Fuzzy clustering; High field multiple gradient echo; Human brain; Motor cortex; Spiral imaging

Indexed keywords

FUZZY CLUSTER ANALYSIS (FCA);

FUZZY SETS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OSCILLATIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MODEL; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN;

EID: 0035216736     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.737     Document Type: Article

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