## Abstract The nature of the coupling between neuronal activity and the hemodynamic response is the subject of intensive research. As a means to simultaneously measure parametric changes of __T__, initial intensity (__I__~0~) and perfusion with high temporal resolution, a multi‐image EPI technique
Functional Imaging by I0- and T2* -parameter mapping using multi-image EPI
✍ Scribed by Dr. Oliver Speck; Jürgen Hennig
- Book ID
- 102952640
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 747 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0740-3194
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A new functional imaging method has been developed and used to measure T~2~*‐ and initial intensity (I~0~)‐parameter maps of multiple slices during activation of the cortex with high temporal resolution. Multiple echo‐planar images (EPls) are read out after a single excitation of the spin system, leading to several images with increasing effective echo times. Changes induced by primary visual stimulation in T~2~* and I~0~ were measured in eight subjects. Although stimulation‐induced increases in I~0~ only occurred at short repetition times, T~2~* increased from 57.3 to 60.9 ms on average. The method combines the high stability of a single shot EPI experiment with the high information content of a multiecho acquisition. In addition, stimulation‐induced changes in inflow can be easily separated from true blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) signal changes.
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