Protocol to determine the optimal intraoral passive shim for minimisation of susceptibility artifact in human inferior frontal cortex

NeuroImage

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1802-1811

  Wilson, James L ^a   Jenkinson, Mark ^a   Jezzard, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamagnetic; fMRI; Frontal lobes; Shimming; Susceptibility artifact

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0041422579     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00225-8     Document Type: Article

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