Richard B Buxton

Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Principles and Techniques

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This second edition is an invaluable guide to fMRI, from introducing the basic ideas and principles to the underlying physics and physiology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 952g
• ISBN-13: 9780521899956
• ISBN-10: 0521899958
• Artikelnr.: 26426751

Autorenporträt

Richard B. Buxton is Professor of Radiology and Director of Magnetic Resonance Research at the University of California at San Diego.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. An Overview of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Section 1. Introduction to the Physiological Basis of Functional Neuroimaging: 1. Neural activity and energy metabolism
2. Cerebral blood flow and brain activation
Section 2. Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: 3. Nuclear magnetic resonance
4. Magnetic resonance imaging
5. Imaging functional activity
Part II. Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Section 1. The Nature of the Magnetic Resonance Signal: 6. Basic physics of magnetism and NMR
7. Relaxation and contrast in MRI
8. Diffusion and the MR signal
Section 2. Magnetic Resonance Imaging: 9. Mapping the MR signal
10. MRI techniques
11. Noise and artifacts in MR images
Part III. Principles of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Section 1. Perfusion Imaging: 12. Contrast agent techniques
13. Arterial spin labeling techniques
Section 2. Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent Imaging: 14. The blood oxygenation level dependent effect
15. Design and analysis of BOLD experiments
16. Interpreting the BOLD response
Appendix. The physics of NMR.