Data-driven optimization and evaluation of 2D EPI and 3D PRESTO for BOLD fMRI at 7 Tesla: I. Focal coverage

NeuroImage

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1034-1043

  Barry, Robert L ^a,b   Strother, Stephen C ^c,d   Gatenby, J Christopher ^a,b,e   Gore, John C ^a,b,f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

7 Tesla; Blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) contrast; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Prediction; PRESTO (Principles of Echo Shifting with a Train of Observations); Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPLES OF ECHO SHIFTING WITH A TRAIN OF OBSERVATIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952068770     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.086     Document Type: Article

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