Asymmetric spin-echo (ASE) spiral improves BOLD fMRI in inhomogeneous regions

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 654-662

  Brewer, Kimberly D ^a,b   Rioux, James A ^a,b   D'Arcy, Ryan C N ^a,b   Bowen, Chris V ^a,b   Beyea, Steven D ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric spin echo spiral; Blood oxygen level dependent Contrast (BOLD); FMRI; Pulse sequence design; Spiral; Susceptibility artifacts

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC SPIN-ECHO SPIRAL; BLOOD OXYGEN-LEVEL-DEPENDENT CONTRAST (BOLD); FMRI; PULSE SEQUENCE DESIGN; SPIRAL; SUSCEPTIBILITY ARTIFACTS;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; BLOOD; IMAGE QUALITY; OXYGEN; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; ASYMMETRIC SPIN ECHO SPIRAL SEQUECE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70049114385     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1380     Document Type: Article

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