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   What's fMRI 

     If you are new to MRI, please read the MRI Tutor by J. Ray Ballinger
  
 FMRI: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Map of Brain Functions

    

It includes the following areas:

  • (Blood-Oxygenation-Level-Dependent) fMRI:
    mapping of brain neuronal activity using signal changes
    associated with blood oxygenation.
  • DW MRI (Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging):
    mapping water random Brownian motion.
  • Perfusion MRI:
    detection of blood distribution in normal or disease states.

Map of Brain Functions

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