BOLD fMRI signal characteristics of S1- and S2-SSFP at 7 Tesla

Object: To compare the BOLD fMRI signal characteristics in the cortex and on the pial surface for a non-balanced steady-state free precession sequence (nb-SSFP) at 7 T.<br/>Materials and methods: A multi-echo nb-SSFP sequence was used for high resolution fMRI at 7 T. Two S1 (S+) echoes at diff...

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Main Authors: Pål Erik eGoa, Peter Jan Koopmans, Benedikt Andreas Poser, Markus eBarth, David Gordon Norris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00049/full