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Principles of MRI
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Principles of MRI
• Some terms:– Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
• quantum property of protons• energy absorbed when precession frequency matches radio
frequency– Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• uses spatial differences in resonance frequencies to form an image• basis of anatomical MRI
– functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)• exploits magnetic properties of hemaglobin to create images
changes in cortical blood flow
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Principles of MRI
• Some terms:– Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
• quantum property of protons• energy absorbed when precession frequency matches radio
frequency– Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• uses spatial differences in resonance frequencies to form an image• basis of anatomical MRI
– functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)• exploits magnetic properties of hemaglobin to create images
changes in cortical blood flow
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Principles of MRI
• Some terms:– Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
• quantum property of protons• energy absorbed when precession frequency matches radio
frequency– Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• uses spatial differences in resonance frequencies to form an image• basis of anatomical MRI
– functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)• exploits magnetic properties of hemaglobin to create images
changes in cortical blood flow
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Principles of MRI
• Some terms:– Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
• quantum property of protons• energy absorbed when precession frequency matches radio
frequency– Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• uses spatial differences in resonance frequencies to form an image• basis of anatomical MRI
– functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)• exploits magnetic properties of hemaglobin to create images
changes in cortical blood flow
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Principles of NMR• Protons are like little magnets
– they orient in magnetic fields like compass needles
– what way do they normally point?
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Principles of NMR• Protons are like little magnets
– they orient in magnetic fields like compass needles
– what way do they normally point?– normally aligned with Earth’s
magnetic field
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Principles of NMR• Protons are like little magnets
– they orient in magnetic fields like compass needles
– what way do they normally point?– normally aligned with Earth’s
magnetic field– NMR uses a big magnet to align all
the protons in a sample (e.g. brain tissue)
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Principles of NMR• Protons are like little magnets
– Radio Frequency pulse will knock protons at an angle relative to the magnetic field
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Principles of NMR• Protons are like little magnets
– Radio Frequency pulse will knock protons at an angle relative to the magnetic field
– once out of alignment, the protons begin to precess
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Principles of NMR• Protons are like little magnets
– Radio Frequency pulse will knock protons at an angle relative to the magnetic field
– once out of alignment, the protons begin to precess
– protons gradually realign with field (relaxation)
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Principles of NMR• Protons are like little magnets
– Radio Frequency pulse will knock protons at an angle relative to the magnetic field
– once out of alignment, the protons begin to precess
– protons gradually realign with field (relaxation)
– protons “echo” back the radio frequency that originally tipped them over
– That radio “echo” forms the basis of the MRI image
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Principles of NMR• Protons are like little magnets
– The following simple equation explains MRI image formation
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Functional Imaging• Recall that precessing protons give
off a radio “echo” as they realign with the magnetic field
• We pick up the combined echo from many protons that are in phase
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Functional Imaging• Oxygenated hemoglobin is diamagnetic - it has no magnetic effects on
surrounding molecules
• Deoxygenated hemoglobin is paramagnetic - it has strong magnetic effects on surrounding molecules!
Hemoglobin
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Functional Imaging• blood flow overshoots baseline
after a brain region is activated
• More oxygenated blood in that region increases MR signal from that region
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Functional Imaging• recall that the precession
frequency depends on the field strength– anything that changes the field at
one proton will cause it to de-phase
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Functional Imaging• recall that the precession
frequency depends on the field strength– anything that changes the field at
one proton will cause it to de-phase
• The de-phased region will give off less echo
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Functional Imaging
• It is important to recognize that fMRI “sees” changes in the ratio of oxygenated to deoxygenated blood - nothing more– BOLD: Blood Oxygenation Level Dependant
contrast
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Functional Imaging
• How do we create those pretty pictures?
• We ask the question “When the subject engages in this cognitive task, where does blood oxygenation change significantly?” “where does it change randomly?”
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MRI Image Formation• First you need a scanner:
– The first MRI scanner
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MRI Image Formation• Modern Scanners
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MRI Image Formation• Our Scanner
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MRI Image Formation• Our Scanner
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MRI Image Formation• Our Scanner
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MRI Image Formation• Our Scanner
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Experimental Design in fMRI
• Experimental Design is crucial in using fMRI
• Simplest design is called “Blocked”– alternates between active and “rest” conditions
Active Rest Active Rest
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Experimental Design in fMRI
• Experimental Design is crucial in using fMRI
• Simplest design is called “Blocked”– alternates between active and “rest” conditions
Active Rest Active Rest
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Experimental Design in fMRI
• A voxel in tissue insensitive to the task demands shows random signal change
Active Rest Active Rest
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Sign
al
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Experimental Design in fMRI
• A voxel in tissue that responds to the task shows signal change that matches the timecourse of the stimulus
Active Rest Active Rest
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Sign
al
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Experimental Design in fMRI
• A real example of fMRI block design done well:– alternate moving, blank and stationary visual input
Moving Blank Stationary Blank
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Experimental Design in fMRI
• Voxels in Primary cortex tracked all stimuli
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Experimental Design in fMRI
• Voxels in area MT tracked only the onset of motion
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Experimental Design in fMRI
• Voxels in area MT tracked only the onset of motion• How did they know to look in area MT?
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PET: another way to measure blood Oxygenation
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET)• Injects a radioisotope of oxygen• PET scanner detects the concentration of this isotope as it decays
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Advantages of fMRI
• Advantages of MRI:1. Most hospitals have MRI scanners that can be
used for fMRI (PET is rare)2. Better spatial resolution in fMRI than PET3. Structural MRI is usually needed anyway4. No radioactivity in MRI5. Better temporal resolution in MRI
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Advantages of PET
• Advantages of PET:1. Quiet2. A number of different molecules can be labeled
and imaged in the body
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Limitations of fMRI
• All techniques have constraints and limitations
• A good scientist is careful to interpret data within those constraints
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Limitations of fMRI
• Limitations of MRI and PET:1. BOLD signal change does not necessarily mean a
region was specifically engaged in a cognitive operation
2. Poor temporal resolution - depends on slow changes in blood flow
3. expensive