Chapter 8
Quantitative Measurement using fMRI
Authors: Richard D. Hoge and
G. Bruce Pike
(McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, MNI)
Section 8.1. Introduction
Section 8.2. Features of the Haemodynamic Response
8.2.1: The positive BOLD response
8.2.2: BOLD overshoot and undershoot
8.2.3: BOLD initial negative dip
8.2.4: Metabolic attenuation of the positive BOLD response
Section 8.3. Quantitative Measurement
8.3.1: MRI measurement of cerebral blood flow
8.3.2: MRI measurement of cerebral blood volume
8.3.3: MRI measurement of cerebral blood oxygen consumption
8.3.4: Flow/metabolism coupling and the BOLD signal
Section 8.4. Summary and Conclusion
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