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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Understanding fMRI artifacts: CONTENTS


An organizational post I'd been meaning to get to for a while. There are some posts to come in this series, in parentheses below. I'll update this page with links as these posts get published.


Understanding fMRI artifacts

An introduction to the post series, defining what we mean by "good" data, and general discussion on viewing and interpreting EPI artifacts in a time series.



Good data


Understanding fMRI artifacts: "Good" axial data

Includes cine loops through time series EPI and statistical images to evaluate the data.


Understanding fMRI artifacts: "Good" coronal and sagittal data

Includes cine loops through time series EPI and statistical images to evaluate the data. (The notes include a description of the slice-dependent gradient switching limits that can prohibit certain slice orientations.)



Common persistent EPI artifacts


Common persistent EPI artifacts: Aliasing, or wraparound

Aliasing effects in the frequency and phase encoding dimensions.


Common persistent EPI artifacts: Gibbs artifact, or ringing

The origin of the ringing problem and demonstrations in phantom and brain data.


Common persistent EPI artifacts: Abnormally high N/2 ghosts (1/2)