Functional MRI is fundamentally limited by an inadequate understanding of the origin of fMRI signals in tissue

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2859-2861

  Gore, John C ^a   Prost, Robert W ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MRI;

SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

BIOPHYSICS; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; COGNITION; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0344825746     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1619135     Document Type: Review

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