Introduction to functional magnetic resonance imaging : principles and techniques / Richard B. Buxton. — 2nd ed. — Cambridge, UK ;New York : Cambridge University Press, c2009. – (63.2188/B991/2nd ed.)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface to the second edition ix
    Preface to the first edition xi
    Part I An overview of functional magnetic resonance imaging
    Part IA Introduction to the physiological basis of functional neuroimaging 3
    1 Neural activity and energy metabolism 5
    2 Cerebral blood flow and brain activation 34
    Part IB Introduction to functional magnetic resonance imaging 65
    3 Nuclear magnetic resonance 07
    4 Magnetic resonance imaging 85
    5 Imaging functional activity 101
    Part II Principles of magnetic resonance imaging 117
    Part IIA The nature of the magnetic resonance signal 119
    6 Basic physics of magnetism and NMR 121
    7 Relaxation and contrast in MRI 147
    8 Diffusion and the MR signal 173
    Part IIB Magnetic resonance imaging 203
    9 Mapping the MR signal 205
    10 Techniques in MRI 232
    11 Noise and artifacts in MR images 252
    Part III Principles of functional magnetic resonance imaging 277
    Part IIIA Perfusion imaging 279
    12 Contrast agent techniques 281
    13 Arterial spin labeling techniques 307
    Part IIIB Blood oxygenation level dependent imaging 339
    14 The BOLD effect 341
    15 Design and analysis of BOLD experiments 368
    16 Interpreting the BOLD response 400
    Appendix The physics of nuclear magnetic resonance 425
    Index 440
    The color plates are between pages 212 and 213