BOLD background gradient contributions in diffusion-weighted fMRI - Comparison of spin-echo and twice-refocused spin-echo sequences

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 610-618

  Pampel, André ^a   Jochimsen, Thies H ^a,b   Möller, Harald E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Background gradients; Cross term compensation; Diffusion; Functional MRI; Monte Carlo simulations; Twice refocused spin echo; Vascular network

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; RESONANCE; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

BACKGROUND GRADIENTS; CROSS-TERMS; FUNCTIONAL MRI; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SPIN ECHO; VASCULAR NETWORK;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPIN LABELING;

SPIN LABELING;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 77955109417     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1502     Document Type: Article

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