Design, Setting, and Participants Longitudinal cohort study analyzing 823
magnetic resonance imaging scans of 389 typically developing children and adolescents aged 4 to 22 years from the National Institutes of Health Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Normal Brain Development with complete sociodemographic and neuroimaging data.
Not exact matches
Researchers at Emory University in Atlanta conducted functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
scans of 21 undergraduate students all tasked with reading the novel Pompeii by Robert Harris.
Currently, no role exists for computed tomography
scanning,
magnetic resonance imaging, or ultrasonography in the routine evaluation
of patients with reflux disease.
The neurologist hoped that a
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
scan of such a patient's brain during the aura would provide clues to what happens inside his skull.
Using data from National Database for Autism Research (NDAR), lead author Kristina Denisova, PhD, Assistant Professor
of Psychiatry at CUMC and Fellow at the Sackler Institute, studied 71 high and low risk infants who underwent two functional
Magnetic Resonance imaging brain
scans either at 1 - 2 months or at 9 - 10 months: one during a resting period
of sleep and a second while native language was presented to the infants.
Currently, doctors use a variety
of imaging techniques and tests to diagnose and monitor prostate cancer including PSA blood tests,
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), and computerized tomography (CT)
scans.
Beginning in 2009, they used functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to
scan the brains
of patients prior to treatment for depression; they then followed the patients through the course
of therapy, generally for four weeks.
For this research, a total
of 28 subjects were imaged with a variety
of imaging modalities, including standard
imaging with computed tomography,
magnetic resonance imaging and molecular bone
scan (SI); PET with a common radiotracer called fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG - PET); and PET with computed tomography and the agent Zr - 89 IAB2M (IAB2M PET / CT) assessed in escalated doses.
Meanwhile, the researchers
scanned participants» brains with functional
magnetic resonance imaging, paying close attention to activity in several areas
of the brain.
The
scans — done with functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or fMRI — show which sections
of the five brains became more active during the ads, thereby revealing what's really going on in people's heads.
To investigate the effects
of the disaster on residents, the researchers recruited 42
of their earlier subjects for
magnetic resonance imaging scans 3 to 4 months after the quake.
These comprised not only «conventional» behavioral studies, but also the physical effects on the brains
of test participants by measuring the Blood Oxygen Level - dependent (BOLD) response using functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
scans.
Egner and Chiu tested this hypothesis by
scanning the brains
of participants, using functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI, a noninvasive, indirect measure
of brain activity) as they completed the tasks.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
scans showed that use
of the Nintendo Wii Balance Board system appears to induce favorable changes in brain connections associated with balance and movement.
This hypothesis is supported by several observations so we decided to test it by
scanning the brains
of individuals
of varying age with functional
magnetic resonance imaging and analysing the data both with fApEn and SampEn.»
Even with the availability
of ultrasound,
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET)
scans, X-rays remain among the cheapest and often most effective means
of seeing inside the body.
The researchers then used functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to
scan 21
of the participants» brains while they viewed pairs
of short film clips showing classmates
of varying status within this social network, telling them all they needed to do was indicate whether the clips in each pair were the same or different, and that this task was unrelated to the first part
of the experiment.
Computed tomography (CT / CAT)
scans of the brain or sinuses are commonly performed, or
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in specific settings.
Magnetic resonance imaging scans pinpointed the right insular area as the culprit, a region deep inside the brain linked with the part
of the nervous system that sets off stress - related responses.
Researchers at the National Institute
of Mental Health and at McGill University used
magnetic resonance imaging to
scan the brains
of 307 children from ages five to 19.
Researchers then
scanned the brains
of volunteers with functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while showing them 32
of the face cards; with half
of them, subjects were instructed to consciously think about the associated harrowing counterpart and with the other half, they were instructed to consciously suppress their thoughts about it.
Brain
scans In the study, researchers
scanned the brains
of 39 depressed patients and 37 healthy people using functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fRMI).
First, they
scanned the nasal airway
of a mixed - breed cadaver with high - resolution
magnetic resonance imaging.
Previous studies have used functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
scans to show that similar areas
of the brain are activated when someone is in pain and when they see another person in pain.
Beauchamp and Nath followed up on that study with a new one in which they
scanned people's brains with functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as they played McGurk videos
of mismatched sounds and lip movements.
In a study led by psychiatrist Ian Reid
of Aberdeen, Schwarzbauer and colleagues performed functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
scans of nine depressed patients before and after ECT.
When they compared
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
scans taken before and after for both groups, they found that auditory and motor areas
of the brain linked respectively with hearing and dexterity grew larger only in the trainee musicians.
Neuroscientist Jason Cooperrider and colleagues
scanned Grandin's brain using three different methods: high - resolution
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which captures the structure
of the brain; diffusion tensor
imaging (DTI), a method to trace the connections between brain regions; and functional MRI, which indicates brain activity.
Among other aspects, this applies to diagnostics and measures in primary therapy: The guidelines address the performance
of a
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
scan in specific therapeutic indications, explicitly advising against routine MRI
scans.
To avoid the noise
of the functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner, the scientists played the sounds between
scans to allow for an undisturbed tone.
The participants disclosed with whom
of the two characters they had a closer identification and were asked a series
of questions about that person — and themselves — as their brains were
scanned by functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Participants are recruited from retirement communities and subsidized housing facilities in and around Chicago to participate in annual clinical evaluations and
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
scans, and to donate their brains and other parts
of their bodies for research after their deaths.
By
scanning his subjects with functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Ehrsson found the illusion involves interconnected areas
of the brain, including the premotor cortex in the frontal lobe (responsible for sensory guidance
of movement) and the intraparietal cortex in the parietal lobe (involved in locating and recognizing body parts).
In a 2006 study by Montague and others, pairs
of subjects had their brains
scanned using functional
magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, as they played a game requiring them to take turns.
Scanning the brain with
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) produces many 2 - D «slices» that can be combined to form a 3 - D representation
of the brain.
Within a week
of the home visit, the participants underwent functional
magnetic resonance imaging scanning to determine how their brains reacted to the videotapes
of themselves with their infants.
The storm - chasing aircraft's new scatterometer — a microwave radar sensor that measures the reflection (or scattering effect) produced while
scanning the surface
of the Earth — can see inside the storm with high resolution, something akin to a
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
scan.
All subjects underwent
magnetic resonance imaging scans, which the researchers analyzed with specialized software to reveal differences in the volume
of brain structures.
When the scientists used functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to
scan brain activity, they saw that high and low frequency stimulation put the rats in completely different states
of activity.
With the decreasing cost and increasing efficiency
of genome sequencing, he predicts that sequencing a cancer genome in a patient will soon become a standard
of care, similar to an
magnetic resonance imaging scan before surgery.
«IPMNs are established precursor lesions to pancreatic cancer that account for approximately half
of all asymptomatic pancreatic cysts incidentally detected by computerized tomography (CT)
scans or
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the U.S. each year.»
The research team also
scanned the participants using
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment to accurately measure the amount
of fat in the liver, inner (visceral) and outer (subcutaneous) fat layers, and total abdominal fat.
Resting - state functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) time series
of each participant was acquired for a period
of 8 min on a 3 tesla
magnetic resonance imaging scanner [three - dimensional PRESTO, repetition time / echo time 22 ms / 32 ms, flip angle 9 °; SENSE p / s 2/2; a dynamic
scan time
of 0.5 s, 1000 time frames; field
of view 256 × 256 mm, voxel size 4 × 4 × 4 mm, 32 slices covering whole brain (supplemental material, available at www.jneurosci.org)-RSB-.
To test whether friendship, and more generally, social network proximity, is associated with increased similarity
of real - time mental responding, we used functional
magnetic resonance imaging to
scan subjects» brains during free viewing
of naturalistic movies.
The team used functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to
scan the brains
of each participant as they viewed the warnings, allowing them to analyze brain activity.
City
of Hope is a leader in image - driven radiation planning, using advanced
imaging technologies — such as computed tomography,
magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography
scans — to determine tumor size and location and «sculpt» radiation delivery to the cancerous areas.
The increase in body fat and the distribution
of fat in the body was measured using a
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI
scans) before and after the weight gain, as was the muscle mass in the body.
fMRI (for functional
magnetic resonance imaging) A special type
of body
scan used to track brain activity.
fMRI (for functional
magnetic resonance imaging) A special type
of scanning machine used to study brain activity.
This is a way
of analyzing fMRI (functional
magnetic resonance imaging)
scans, which measure activity in the brain by looking at changes in blood oxygen.