Variability of Clinical Functional MR Imaging Results: A Multicenter Study
RadiologyPublished 23 March 2013
Moritz C. Wurnig, Jakob Rath, Nicolaus Klinger, Ilse Höllinger, Alexander Geißler, Florian Ph. S. Fischmeister
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Clinical practice and clinical functional MR biomarker studies should consider that the center of task-specific brain activation may vary up to 16.5 mm, with the investigating site, and should maximize functional MR signal strength and evaluate reliability of local results with PSC and CNR.
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Clinical practice and clinical functional MR biomarker studies should consider that the center of task-specific brain activation may vary up to 16.5 mm, with the investigating site, and should maximize functional MR signal strength and evaluate reliability of local results with PSC and CNR.
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