Magnetic field strength increase yields significantly greater contrast-to-noise ratio increase: Measured using BOLD contrast in the primary visual area1

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
9387892	Academic Radiology	2005	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

There was a greater-than-linear increase in the contrast-to-noise ratio compared with the increase of field strength, demonstrating an advantage of using higher field strengths in fMRI studies.

Keywords

Functional MRI Magnetic field strength BOLD contrast

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Magnetic field strength increase yields significantly greater contrast-to-noise ratio increase: Measured using BOLD contrast in the primary visual area1

Authors

Tomohisa MD, PhD, Hiroki MD, PhD, Harumi MD, PhD, Yoshiharu MD, PhD, Norihiro MD, PhD,