Microscopic investigation of the resonant mechanism for the implementation of nc-MRI at ultra-low field MRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1228-1241

  Cassara A M ^a,b   Maraviglia, B ^a,b,c  

^a MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

nc MRI; Neuronal currents; Realistic simulations; Ultra low field MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 44649145817     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.03.051     Document Type: Article

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