Spatial normalization, bulk motion correction and coregistration for functional magnetic resonance imaging of the human cervical spinal cord and brainstem

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 809-814

  Stroman, Patrick W ^a,b   Figley, Chase R ^a   Cahill, Catherine M ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brainstem; fMRI; Human; Methods; Normalization; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 45849127233     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.01.038     Document Type: Article

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