Analysis of the BOLD characteristics in pass-band bSSFP fMRI

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-32

  Kim, Taek Soo ^a   Lee, Jongho ^b   Lee, Jin Hyung ^c   Glover, Gary H ^d   Pauly, John M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BOLD contrast; Monte Carlo simulation; pass band bSSFP fMRI

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT; BOLD CONTRAST; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGING ARTIFACTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OFF-RESONANCE; PASS BANDS; STEADY-STATE FREE PRECESSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGENATION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84863156274     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: 10981098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ima.21296     Document Type: Article

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