Reducing image artefacts in concurrent TMS/fMRI by passive shimming

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2167-2174

  Bungert, Andreas ^a   Chambers, Christopher D ^a   Phillips, Mark ^b   Evans, C John ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Magstim Company Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Echo planar imaging; Field maps; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Passive shimming; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PASSIVE SHIMMING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STAINLESS STEEL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84855436025     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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