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Various Detector Configurations
The detectors in clinical nuclear medicine are NaI(TI) crystals. In research applications, other substances are employed, but the engineering considerations…
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Detection of Photon Radiation
Gamma rays are detected when atoms in a detector are ionized and the ions are collected either directly as in…
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Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine can be defined as the practice of making patients radioactive for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The radioactivity is…
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Problem and Artifacts in fMRI: The Brain–Vein Problem? The Brain-Inflow Problem?
The artifacts arising from large vessels pose serious problems to the interpretation of oxygenation sensitive fMRI data. It is generally…
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Mechanism
Flow-sensitive images show increased perfusion with stimulation, while blood oxygenation–sensitive images show changes consistent with an increase in venous blood…
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Advances in Functional Brain Mapping
The popularity of fMRI is based on many factors. It is safe and totally noninvasive. It can be acquired in…
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Digital Data Processing
A typical scan protocol calls for a sequence of tailored RF and gradient pulses with duration controlled in steps of…
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Radiofrequency Coils
Radiofrequency (RF) coils are components of every scanner and are used for two essential purposes — transmitting and receiving signals…
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Gradient Coils
Three gradient fields, one each for the x, y, and z directions of a Cartesian coordinate system, are used to…
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Fringing Fields
A large, powerful magnet produces a strong magnetic field in the region surrounding it as well as in its interior.…
