Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 597-602 , June 2006

The effects of single-trial averaging on the temporal resolution of functional MRI

  • Ho-Ling Liu

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. MRI Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 3 3281200x8407; fax: +886 3 3275798.
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  • Ju-Chuan Huang
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  • Jiun-Jie Wang
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  • Yung-Liang Wan
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  • Yau-Yau Wai

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. MRI Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 3 3281200x8407; fax: +886 3 3275798.

Received 12 November 2005 ,Revised 18 December 2005 ,Accepted 18 December 2005.

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PII: S0730-725X(06)00006-3

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.12.016

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 597-602 , June 2006

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