Using "BOLD," blood oxygen levelsand therefore activityin the brain can be measured, in the (*) "functional" type of this technique.
This technique has been linked to nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in kidney patients. It was developed by Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield. This technique often uses compounds with distinctive spin-lattice relaxation (T1) times, like gadolinium-based contrast agents. Using "BOLD," blood oxygen levelsand therefore activityin the brain can be measured, in the (*) "functional" type of this technique. While undergoing it, patients have had lodged metal shrapnel come flying out of them. This technique, which requires a cryogen like liquid helium to create superconductors, is contrasted with PET and CT. For 10 points, name this medical imaging technique that uses strong magnetic fields.
This technique has been linked to nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in kidney patients.
MRI [or magnetic resonance imaging; or NMR; or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; or MRT; or magnetic resonance tomography; accept any more specific kind of MRI, like fMRI or functional MRI]