Cortical depth‐dependent gradient‐echo and spin‐echo BOLD fMRI at 9.4 T

F Zhao, P Wang, SG Kim - … in Medicine: An Official Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
To examine cortical depth‐related spatial specificity and signal changes in gradient‐echo
(GE) and spin‐echo (SE) blood oxygenation level‐dependent (BOLD) fMRI signals, a well …

Diffusion‐weighted spin‐echo fMRI at 9.4 T: microvascular/tissue contribution to BOLD signal changes

SP Lee, AC Silva, K Ugurbil… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The nature of vascular contribution to blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) contrast
used in functional MRI (fMRI) is poorly understood. To investigate vascular contributions at …

Quantitative differentiation between BOLD models in fMRI

FGC Hoogenraad, PJW Pouwels… - … in Medicine: An …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Several gradient‐echo fMRI blood oxygenation level‐dependent (BOLD) effects are
described in the literature: extravascular spin dephasing around capillaries and veins …

Comparison of diffusion‐weighted high‐resolution CBF and spin‐echo BOLD fMRI at 9.4 T

SP Lee, AC Silva, SG Kim - … in Medicine: An Official Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The quantification of blood oxygenation‐level dependent (BOLD) functional MRI (fMRI)
signals is closely related to cerebral blood flow (CBF) change; therefore, understanding the …

Quantifying the spatial resolution of the gradient echo and spin echo BOLD response at 3 Tesla

LM Parkes, JV Schwarzbach, AA Bouts… - Magnetic resonance …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) response, as measured with fMRI, offers good
spatial resolution compared to other non‐invasive neuroimaging methods. The use of a spin …

Microvascular BOLD contribution at 4 and 7 T in the human brain: gradient‐echo and spin‐echo fMRI with suppression of blood effects

TQ Duong, E Yacoub, G Adriany, X Hu… - … in Medicine: An …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The BOLD signal consists of an intravascular (IV) and an extravascular (EV) component from
both small and large vessels. Their relative contributions are dependent on field strength …

High‐resolution echo‐planar fMRI of human visual cortex at 3.0 tesla

KR Thulborn, SY Chang, GX Shen… - NMR in Biomedicine …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The robust detection of blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) contrast1, 2 that is due
to the hemodynamic response elicited by changes in neuronal activity is challenging. The …

Source of nonlinearity in echo‐time‐dependent BOLD fMRI

T Jin, P Wang, M Tasker, F Zhao… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Stimulation‐induced changes in transverse relaxation rates can provide important insight
into underlying physiological changes in blood oxygenation level‐dependent (BOLD) …

Spatial and temporal differentiation of fMRI BOLD response in primary visual cortex of human brain during sustained visual simulation

WEI Chen, XH Zhu, T Kato, P Andersen… - Magnetic resonance …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) response during sustained visual
stimulation has been studied by several groups using fMRI with controversial conclusions …

The intravascular contribution to fmri signal change: monte carlo modeling and diffusion‐weighted studies in vivo

JL Boxerman, PA Bandettini, KK Kwong… - Magnetic resonance …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the relationship between fMRI signal changes and activated cortex is
paramount to successful mapping of neuronal activity. To this end, the relative extravascular …