Sensitivity of BOLD response to increasing visual contrast: Spin echo versus gradient echo EPI

NeuroImage

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-43

  Chiacchiaretta, Piero ^a   Romani, Gian Luca ^a   Ferretti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

BOLD contrast; Spin echo; Stimulus intensity; Visual area

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRADIENT ECHO EPI SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BOLD CONTRAST; SPIN-ECHO; STIMULUS INTENSITY; VISUAL AREA;

BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84879704516     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.069     Document Type: Article

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