fMRI

English

Etymology

From f- +‎ MRI.

Noun

fMRI (countable and uncountable, plural fMRIs)

  1. (uncountable, radiology) Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imaging.
    Synonym: fMRI scanning
    Hypernyms: MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), radiography, MRI scanning
    • 2008, Raymond C. Browne, Forensic Psychiatry Research Trends, page 125:
      fMRI has not been carried out yet in the group of paedophilia or other paraphiliae. Given the much better spatial and in particular higher temporal resolution it may be the tool of preference.
    • 2015: Vogt, Nina (December 2015). "fMRI goes individual". Research Highlights. Nature Methods 12 (12): 1112. doi:10.1038/nmeth.3677
      Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) visualizes the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal in the brain, which indexes neural activity.
    • 2021 November 19, Madeline Holcombe, “Is your mom warmer with her grandkids than with you? A new study says blame biology”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The women underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures changes in blood flow that happen with brain activity, while being shown images of their grandchild, another child they didn’t know, an adult they didn’t know, and the same-sex parent of their grandchild.
  2. (countable, radiology) Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imager.
    Synonyms: fMRI scanner, fMRI machine
    Hypernyms: MRI (magnetic resonance imager), radiograph, MRI scanner, MRI machine
  3. (countable, radiology) Initialism of functional magnetic resonance image.
    Synonym: fMRI scan
    Hypernyms: MRI (magnetic resonance image), radiogram, MRI scan

Synonyms

  • functional MRI

Derived terms

  • fMRI machine
  • fMRI scan
  • fMRI scanner
  • fMRI scanning

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