Are brain currents detectable by means of low-field NMR? A phantom study

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1365-1373

  Höfner, Nora ^a   Albrecht, Hans Helge ^a   Cassará, Antonino Mario ^b,c   Curio, Gabriel ^d   Hartwig, Stefan ^a   Haueisen, Jens ^e,f   Hilschenz, Ingo ^a   Körber, Rainer ^a   Martens, Sven ^e   Scheer, Hans Jürgen ^a   Voigt, Jens ^a   Trahms, Lutz ^a   Burghoff, Martin ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low Field NMR; MEG; Neuronal currents; Saline dipole phantom

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DIPOLE; DIRECT CURRENT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; LOW FIELD NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82455210237     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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