Assessment of spatial BOLD sensitivity variations in fMRI using gradient-echo field maps

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 947-956

  Mannfolk, Peter ^a   Wirestam, Ronnie ^a   Nilsson, Markus ^a   van Westen, Danielle ^a   Ståhlberg, Freddy ^a   Olsrud, Johan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BOLD Sensitivity; Dual echo GE pulse sequence; FMRI

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 77955423161     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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