Automated quality assurance routines for fMRI data applied to a multicenter study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-246

  Stöcker, Tony ^a   Schneider, Frank ^b   Klein, Martina ^b   Habel, Ute ^b   Kellermann, Thilo ^b   Zilles, Karl ^a   Shah, N Jon ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifacts; fMRI; Group comparison; Multicenter study; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE; PHANTOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTIFACTS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; GERMANY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19544388406     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20096     Document Type: Article

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