Spin-echo fMRI in humans using high spatial resolutions and high magnetic fields

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 655-664

  Yacoub, Essa ^a   Duong, Timothy Q ^a,b   Van De Moortele, Pierre Francois ^a   Lindquist, Martin ^a   Adriany, Gregor ^a   Kim, Seong Gi ^a,c   Uǧurbil, Kâmil ^a   Hu, Xiaoping ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BOLD; Brain; Cerebral function; fMRI; Functional mapping; High fields; Spin echo

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAPPING; MICROCIRCULATION; SPIN POLARIZATION;

BOLD; CEREBRAL FUNCTIONS; FMRI; FUNCTIONAL MAPPING; HIGH FIELD; SPIN ECHO;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037381051     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10433     Document Type: Article

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