FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain

Synonyms:

fMRI; functional magnetic resonance imaging

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("functional magnetic resonance imaging" is a kind of...):

magnetic resonance imaging; MRI (the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "functional magnetic resonance imaging"):

blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging; BOLD FMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation)