Activation of cortical and subcortical auditory structures at 3 T by means of a functional magnetic resonance imaging paradigm suitable for clinical use

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-96

  Kovacs, Silvia ^a   Peeters, Ronald ^a   Smits, Marion ^b   De Ridder, Dirk ^c   Van Hecke, Paul ^a   Sunaert, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Brain; Function; Functional imaging; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUNTEER; AGED; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEARING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TINNITUS;

EID: 33646336917     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000189637.42344.09     Document Type: Article

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