Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles and Techniques

INTRODUCTION TO FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES By Richard B. Buxton 2002. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Price £95. ISBN 0521581133 There can be no argument that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionised basic and clinical neuroscience. This book provides an accessible and comprehensive review of the current state of functional MRI (fMRI), the use of MRI ‘that goes beyond anatomy to measure aspects of local physiology’. The book does well as an ‘introduction’, given the complex nature of some of the issues (such as image reconstruction). I very much enjoyed reading it. The book is organised into three sections, with Section I essentially providing an overview of what is discussed in detail in Sections II and III. Section I also includes a brief review of energy metabolism in the brain and the basic (classical) …