Title :
A twin-volume head coil for fMRI to study two interacting brains in one scanner
Author :
Lee, Ray F. ; Dai, Weiming ; Dix, William
Author_Institution :
Neurosci. Inst., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
fDate :
April 29 2009-May 2 2009
Abstract :
A novel twin-volume head coil that allows fMRI to study two interacting brains in one scanner was developed. An odd-even mode theory was established to analyze this new breed of MRI coils. The enabling capability of this coil could push fMRI beyond current boundary.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; brain; coils; image scanners; neurophysiology; MRI scanner; brain function; brain scanner; brain structure; functional MRI; odd-even mode theory; twin-volume head coil; Boring; Capacitors; Coils; Current distribution; Humans; Magnetic fields; Magnetic heads; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neural engineering; USA Councils; component; decoupling; fMRI; interacting minds; twin-volume head coil;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Engineering, 2009. NER '09. 4th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on
Conference_Location :
Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2072-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2073-5
DOI :
10.1109/NER.2009.5109261
