Mapping the MRI voxel volume in which thermal noise matches physiological noise-Implications for fMRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 542-549

  Bodurka, J ^a   Ye, F ^a   Petridou, N ^a   Murphy, K ^a   Bandettini, P A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Image segmentation; Imaging volume; Physiological noise; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHITE MATTER;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 34548813221     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.09.039     Document Type: Article

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