A comparison of dual gradient-echo and spin-echo fMRI of the inferior temporal lobe

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4118-4128

  Halai, Ajay D ^a   Welbourne, Stephen R ^a   Embleton, Karl ^a   Parkes, Laura M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual echo; EPI; Inferior temporal lobe; Magnetic susceptibility; Spin echo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDANT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRADIENT ECHO FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR TEMPORAL LOBE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPIN ECHO FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903950334     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22463     Document Type: Article

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