Functional magnetic resonance imaging
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) is a type of specialized MRI scan used to measure the hemodynamic response (change in blood flow) related to neural activity in the brain or spinal cord of humans or other animals. It is one of the most recently developed forms of neuroimaging. Since the early 1990s, fMRI has come to dominate the brain mapping field due to its relatively low invasiveness, absence of radiation exposure, and relatively wide availability.
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See also
- Brain function
- Brain mapping
- Event related fMRI
- Functional neuroimaging
- Functional ultrasound imaging
- Linear transform model (MRI)
- List of neuroscience databases
- Signal enhancement by extravascular water protons (SEEP fMRI)
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