SSFSE sequence functional MRI of the human cervical spinal cord with complex finger tapping

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Xie, Chu hai ^a   Kong, Kang mei ^a   Guan, Ji tian ^a   Chen, Ye xi ^a   He, Jian kang ^a   Qi, Wei li ^a   Wang, Xin jia ^a   Shen, Zhi wei ^a   Wu, Ren hua ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord; Complex finger tapping; SEEP; Spinal fMRI

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL SYSTEMS; COMPLEX FINGER TAPPING; ECHO TIME; FAST SPIN ECHOS; FUNCTIONAL MRIS; IMAGE INTENSITIES; IMAGING PLANES; INTENSITY CHANGES; MR IMAGING; NEURAL ACTIVITIES; NEURAL ANATOMIES; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; SEEP; SINGLE SHOTS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SPINAL CORDS; SPINAL FMRI; TIME COURSE;

DOSIMETRY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGES; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SINGLE SHOT FAST SPIN ECHO SEQUENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 63649132608     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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