Vascular autorescaling of fMRI (VasA fMRI) improves sensitivity of population studies: A pilot study

NeuroImage

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 794-805

  Kazan, Samira M ^a   Mohammadi, Siawoosh ^a   Callaghan, Martina F ^a   Flandin, Guillaume ^a   Huber, Laurentius ^b   Leech, Robert ^c   Kennerley, Aneurin ^d   Windischberger, Christian ^e   Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

ALFF; Autorescaling; BOLD fMRI; Group analysis; Vascularization differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSCILLATION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULAR AUTORESCALING; VISUAL CORTEX; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BREATHING MECHANICS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HYPERCAPNIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943598543     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.09.033     Document Type: Article

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