Functional bold MRI: Advantages of the 3 T vs. the 1.5 T

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 236-241

  García Eulate, Reyes ^a   García García, David ^a,b   Dominguez, Pablo D ^a   Noguera, Jose J ^a   De Luis, Esther ^a   Rodriguez Oroz, María C ^a,b   Zubieta, Jose L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

Field strength; Functional MRI; Motor task; Somatosensory stimulation

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT; BRAIN MRI; FIELD STRENGTHS; FUNCTIONAL MRI; MOTOR TASKS; SOMATOSENSORY;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 79955046608     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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