Single-shot interleaved z-shim EPI with optimized compensation for signal losses due to susceptibility-induced field inhomogeneity at 3 T

NeuroImage

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1358-1364

  Gu, Hong ^a   Feng, Hanhua ^a   Zhan, Wang ^a   Xu, Su ^b   Silbersweig, David A ^a   Stern, Emily ^a   Yang, Yihong ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Field inhomogeneity; fMRI; Geometric distortion; Magnetic susceptibility

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETISM; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036432616     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1274     Document Type: Article

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