Microtesla MRI of the human brain combined with MEG

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-120

  Zotev, Vadim S ^a   Matlashov, Andrei N ^a   Volegov, Petr L ^a   Savukov, Igor M ^a   Espy, Michelle A ^a   Mosher, John C ^a   Gomez, John J ^a   Kraus Jr , Robert H ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co registration; Low field MRI; MEG; MRI; SQUID

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAPS; RESONANCE; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

BRAIN IMAGING; CO-REGISTRATION; FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE-IMAGING; HIGH FIELDS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HUMAN BRAINS; IMAGING EQUIPMENT; IMAGING MODALITIES; LOW-COST SYSTEMS; LOW-FIELD MRI; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY (MEG); MEASUREMENT FIELD; MEG; MICROTESLA FIELDS; MR IMAGING; MRI; SQUID; STRUCTURAL MAPS; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIMES;

QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 49349097516     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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