Title :
A system for event related fMRI post processing
Author :
De Magalhaes Oliveira, P.P. ; Arantes, Paula Ricci ; de Deus Lopes, Roseli
Author_Institution :
Inst. do Coacao, INCOR, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
fMRI is a non-invasive technique to evaluate brain areas related to a requested task. The event-related fMRI is one kind of its design, which permits not only spatial resolution, but also temporal correlation. This information may be more easily understood by the clinicians, if showed in a dynamic way. The aim of this paper is to describe a fMRI visualization system to expose the brain images, in the best view to stand out the areas of activity as long as they appear. It will empower the technique, not only to impress the clinicians, but also to enhance the importance of temporal connectivities. This system will be a module of the CAVERNA virtual reality
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; brain; medical image processing; virtual reality; BOLD property; CAVERNA virtual reality; Udupa; blood oxygenation level dependent property; brain images; event related MRI post processing; fMRI visualization system; functional magnetic resonance imaging; fuzzy connectivity algorithm; gaussian affinity function; noninvasive technique; physicians; post processing classification system; segmentation; spatial resolution; task specific brain area evaluation; temporal correlation; Augmented virtuality; Blood; Brain; Hemodynamics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Olfactory; Robustness; Spatial resolution; Virtual reality; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 2001 Proceedings of XIV Brazilian Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Florianopolis
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1330-1
DOI :
10.1109/SIBGRAPI.2001.963096
