Isotropic submillimeter fMRI in the human brain at 7 T: Combining reduced field-of-view imaging and partially parallel acquisitions

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1506-1516

  Heidemann, Robin M ^a   Ivanov, Dimo ^a   Trampel, Robert ^a   Fasano, Fabrizio ^b   Meyer, Heiko ^c   Pfeuffer, Josef ^c   Turner, Robert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BOLD imaging; fMRI; outer volume suppression; parallel imaging; reduced field of view; ultrahigh field

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROLLING RESISTANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FIELD OF VIEWS; FMRI; OUTER-VOLUME SUPPRESSION; PARALLEL IMAGING; ULTRA-HIGH FIELDS;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING;

ARTICLE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FIELD OF VIEW; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; PARTIALLY PARALLEL ACQUISITION METHOD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SUBMILLIMETER ISOTROPIC RESOLUTION; THEORY;

EID: 84867842053     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24156     Document Type: Article

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