Very high-resolution three-dimensional functional MRI of the human visual cortex with elimination of large venous vessels

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 477-484

  Barth, Markus ^a   Norris, D G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Functional activation; Neuroimaging; Parallel imaging; Venography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY;

BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL ACTIVATION; NEUROIMAGING; PARALLEL IMAGING; VENOGRAPHY; VENOUS VESSELS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN VEIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VEINS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34547997258     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1158     Document Type: Article

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