Optimal EPI parameters for reduction of susceptibility-induced BOLD sensitivity losses: A whole-brain analysis at 3 T and 1.5 T

NeuroImage

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 493-504

  Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^a   Hutton, Chloe ^a   Josephs, Oliver ^a   Deichmann, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BOLD sensitivity; EPI; fMRI; Signal loss; Susceptibility artifacts; z shim

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33749257644     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.07.029     Document Type: Article

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