Signal fluctuations in fMRI data acquired with 2D-EPI and 3D-EPI at 7 Tesla

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-220

  Jorge, João ^a,b,c   Figueiredo, Patrícia ^a,b   van der Zwaag, Wietske ^d   Marques, José P ^d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS   (Portugal)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BOLD fMRI; Physiological noise; Segmented 3D EPI; Signal fluctuations; Ultra high field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHO PLANAR IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OXYGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872685781     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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