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Functional MRI of the brain

Learning objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able:

  • Describe the cascade of phenomena linking neuronal activation and BOLD contrast
  • List the MRI sequences adapted to functional explorations
  • Present the basic steps of a functional MRI study: design of activation tasks, choice of paradigm, data acquisition, signal processing and statistical analysis of the results


Author(s)
Hoa D
Last modification
11 / 22 / 2007