Synchronized detection of minute electrical currents with MRI using Lorentz effect imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Truong, Trong Kha ^a   Wilbur, Jennifer L ^a   Song, Allen W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical currents; Functional MRI; Lorentz effect imaging; Lorentz force; Neuroelectric activity

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SYNCHRONIZATION;

FUNCTIONAL MRI; INHERENT HEMODYNAMIC MODULATION; LORENTZ EFFECT IMAGING; LORENTZ FORCE; NEUROELECTRIC ACTIVITY; NEURONAL ACTIVATION; TEMPORAL SYNCHRONY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEL; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 33645874797     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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