Neuroimaging Data Processing/Glossary
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BOLD[edit | edit source]
blood-oxygen-level-dependent
EPI[edit | edit source]
(gradient-echo) echoplanar imaging
fMRI[edit | edit source]
functional magnetic resonance imaging
MRI[edit | edit source]
magnetic resonance imaging
rotation[edit | edit source]
turning the entire image around an axis in space: x-y, x-z, y-z (in the absence of translation)
TE[edit | edit source]
echo time
TR[edit | edit source]
repetition time
translation[edit | edit source]
moving the entire image volume along an axis in space: x-,y-, and z-axes (in the absence of rotation)
volume[edit | edit source]
one 3-dimensional image, i.e., one timepoint in a 4-dimensional fMRI image
voxel[edit | edit source]
one 3-dimensional unit (length × width × height) in a 3-dimensional image (analogous to a pixel in a 2-dimensional image)