7 Tesla Clinical functional Magnetic ResonanceImaging.

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: C71.9; G40.9; Brain, unspecified; Epilepsy, unspecified

• Registration Number: DRKS00004505
• Lead Sponsor: MR Centre of Excellence, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-10-24
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

For the patient cohort: minimum age 5 years, and neurological pathologies leading to referral for fMRI localisation (primarily epilepsy or brain tumours). For the healthy subject group, minimum 18 years, no known neurological pathologies.

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnancy, contraindications for MR imaging (such as cardiac pacemaker, aneurysm clips. For volunteers, disease of the central nervous system.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvement in quality of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging results in healthy subjects and neurological patients, quantified by reduced Nyquist ghosting, increased BOLD sensitivity and other measures of image quality, including distortion and signal-to-noise ratio.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Establishing methods for dynamic distortion correction of 7 Tesla fMRI data.