Full Description
As fMRI technology has provided invaluable insights into the mechanisms through which the human brain works in healthy individuals and in patients with different neurological and psychiatric conditions, the study of brain function and even the monitoring of the effects of treatment have become more effective and efficient. In fMRI Techniques and Protocols, an international assemblage of renowned scientists and physicians provide the background needed to plan and design new studies in order to advance our knowledge of the physiology of the normal human brain and its change following tissue injury. With sections focusing on basic principles of fMRI, its application to measure brain function, clinical applications, and glimpses into the future of fMRI development, the volume condenses this ample, varied field into one user-friendly compendium of information and techniques.
Comprehensive and cutting-edge, fMRI Techniques and Protocols is an ideal guide for all those who wish to continue expanding this dynamic and ever-growing field of research.
Contents
BOLD fMRI: Basic Principles.- Principles of MRI and Functional MRI.- to Functional MRI Hardware.- Selection of Optimal Pulse Sequences for fMRI.- High-Field fMRI.- Experimental Design.- Preparing fMRI Data for Statistical Analysis.- Statistical Analysis of fMRI Data.- Dynamic Causal Modelling of Brain Responses.- Brain Atlases: Their Development and Role in Functional Inference.- fMRI Application to Measure Brain Function..- fMRI: Applications in Cognitive Neuroscience.- fMRI of Language Systems.- Imaging Brain Attention Systems: Control and Selection in Vision.- fMRI of Memory.- fMRI of Emotion.- fMRI of Pain.- fMRI of the Sensorimotor System.- Functional Imaging of the Human Visual System.- fMRI of the Central Auditory System.- fMRI Clinical Application.- Application of fMRI to Multiple Sclerosis and Other White Matter Disorders.- fMRI in Cerebrovascular Disorders.- fMRI in Psychiatric Disorders.- fMRI in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Scientific Insights to Clinical Applications.- fMRI in Epilepsy.- fMRI in Neurosurgery.- Pharmacological Applications of fMRI.- Application of fMRI to Monitor Motor Rehabilitation.- Future fMRI Development.- Integration of Measures of Functional and Structural MRI.- Functional MRI of the Spinal Cord.
