High-resolution functional MRI at 3 T: 3D/2D echo-planar imaging with optimized physiological noise correction

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1657-1664

  Lutti, Antoine ^a   Thomas, David L ^a   Hutton, Chloe ^a   Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

echo planar imaging; functional MRI; high resolution; physiological noise; three dimensional; two dimensional

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MRI; FUNCTIONAL MRI (FMRI); FUNCTIONAL SENSITIVITIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL NOISE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL SIGNALS;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTION FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84878113427     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24398     Document Type: Article

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