Optimized EPI for fMRI studies of the orbitofrontal cortex: Compensation of susceptibility-induced gradients in the readout direction

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-49

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echo planar imaging; FMRI; Susceptibility artifacts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33846980137     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-006-0067-6     Document Type: Article

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