The quest for the best: The impact of different EPI sequences on the sensitivity of random effect fMRI group analyses

NeuroImage

Volumn 126, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-59

  Kirilina, Evgeniya ^a,b   Lutti, Antoine ^c,d   Poser, Benedikt A ^e   Blankenburg, Felix ^a   Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^b,d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D EPI; Echo planar imaging (EPI); FMRI sensitivity; Inter subject variability; Multi echo EPI; Random effects analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EMOTIONAL LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REGION OF INTEREST; REWARD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; BRAIN; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CEREBRUM; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEARNING; MALE; REWARD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949294529     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.10.071     Document Type: Article

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