fMRI Techniques and Protocols [Paperback]

The second edition of this volume provides up-to-date methods on the main methodological aspects of functional MRI (fMRI), applying fMRI to the study of central nervous system, and future evolutions of fMRI techniques. fMRI: Method and Protocols, Second Edition guides the reader through chapters on basic knowledge for the understanding of the technical aspects of fMRI, overview of the main results derived from the application of fMRI to the study of healthy individuals, application of fMRI to assess the role of brain plasticity in the major neurological and psychiatric conditions, and novel approaches for the integration of fMRI data.

 

Concise and easy-to-use, fMRI: Method and Protocols, Second Edition aims to be useful to clinicians and researchers with a user-friendly summary of the field and necessary background ensuring further successful studies.

Part I: Bold fMRI: Basic Principles

 

1. Principles of MRI and Functional MRI

Ralf Deichmann

 

2. Introduction to Functional MRI Hardware

Luis Hernandez-Garcia

 

3. Selection of Optimal Pulse Sequences for fMRI

Mark J. Lowe and Erik B. Beall

4. High-Field fMRI

Alayar Kangarlu

 

5. Experimental Design

Hugh Garavan and Kevin Murphy

 

6. Preparing fMRI Data for Statistical Analysis

John Ashburner

 

7. Statistical Analysis of fMRI Data

Mark W. Woolrich, Christian F. Beckmann, Thomas E. Nichols, and Stephen M. Smith