Investigation of high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging by means of surface and array radiofrequency coils at 7 T

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1011-1018

  van der Zwaag, Wietske ^a,b   Marques, José P ^a,b   Hergt, Martin ^a,c   Gruetter, Rolf ^a,b,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Siemens Schweiz AG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fMRI; High resolution; ICA; Ultra high field

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 70049101361     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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