A primer on functional magnetic resonance imaging

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-125

  Brown, Gregory G ^a,b   Perthen, Joanna E ^c   Liu, Thomas T ^c   Buxton, Richard B ^c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral oxygen metabolism; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging; Regional blood flow

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAPILLARY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPIN LABELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250005758     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-007-9028-8     Document Type: Review

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