functional magnetic resonance imaging
noun
: magnetic resonance imaging used to detect physical changes (as of blood flow) in the brain resulting from increased neuronal activity
called also functional MRI
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One very popular scanning technology called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) uses a large magnet to measure changes in blood flow in the brain.
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Lisa Feldman Barrett, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
For the new research, scientists tracked changes in the brains of people who had taken psilocybin using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
The study researchers analyzed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 4,757 children aged nine or 10 years old.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 12 July 2024
The University of Haifa researchers plan to follow the survivors for years, tracking their neural activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI.
—Gal Koplewitz Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
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Lisa Feldman Barrett, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
For the new research, scientists tracked changes in the brains of people who had taken psilocybin using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
The study researchers analyzed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 4,757 children aged nine or 10 years old.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 12 July 2024
The University of Haifa researchers plan to follow the survivors for years, tracking their neural activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI.
—Gal Koplewitz Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
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