functional magnetic-resonance imaging

functional magnetic-resonance imaging (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of functional magnetic resonance imaging.
   • 2000 November 29, Lee Bowman, “Men listen with only half a brain”, in Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, S.D., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A2, column 1:

     The study, presented Tuesday before the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, involved using functional magnetic-resonance imaging on 20 men and 20 women while they wore headphones and listened to taped portions of John Grisham’s novel “The Partner.”

   • 2000 December 7, Robert Lee Hotz, “Brain scans offer a peek at science of emotions”, in Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, S.D., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A7, column 6:

     Positron emission tomography, or PET, and functional magnetic-resonance imaging have become tools of choice for painless dissection of human emotion.

     Unhyphenated in the original Los Angeles Times article.

   • 2002 June 2, John Gates, “But where do we draw the line? Research involving gray matter has plenty of gray areas of concern”, in Winston-Salem Journal, Metro edition, 106th year, number 61, Winston-Salem, N.C.: Media General, →OCLC, page A19, column 1:

     For example, something called “functional magnetic-resonance imaging” can tell doctors where certain activities and experiences stimulate different parts of the brain.

   • 2002 September 22, Bob Condor, “Teams Tackle Concussions: Research Points to New Approach”, in The Sunday Journal, 122nd year, number 265, Albuquerque, N.M.: Journal Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, column 4:

     The National Institutes of Health just awarded Pitt $3 million to study concussion diagnoses among high school athletes using ImPACT software and a cutting-edge “functional magnetic-resonance imaging” (fMRI) system that measures blood flow to the brain.

   • 2010 April 9, Molly A. Burgess, “New developments lead to early TBI detection”, in Great Lakes Bulletin, volume 87, number 14, Great Lakes, Ill.: Naval Station Great Lakes, →OCLC, page 12, columns 1–2:

     Researchers at the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury have focused on early detection and better monitoring of mild traumatic brain injuries, or concussions, which account for most TBI diagnoses. Several scanning technologies, including diffusion tensor imaging, single photon emission computed tomography and functional magnetic-resonance imaging, look especially promising.

   • 2011 April 4, Michael Bond, “Everybody say om: Meditation has the power to make dramatic changes in your physical and psychological health”, in The Press of Atlantic City, volume MMXI, number 94, Atlantic City, N.J.: South Jersey Publishing Co., →OCLC, page B1, column 2:

     In the past decade, researchers have used functional magnetic-resonance imaging (fMRI) to look at the brains of experienced meditators, such as Ricard, as well as beginners, and tested the effects of different meditative practices on cognition, behavior, physical and emotional health and brain plasticity.

   • 2012 December 21, Monique Keiran, “Humans get more nutrition from tastier food”, in Times Colonist, 155th year, number 10, Victoria, B.C.: TC Publication Limited Partnership, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A13, columns 3–4:

     And now, with the help of functional magnetic-resonance imaging, we can trace what happens inside Homer Simpson’s head when he confronts doughnuts. He sees them. The visual signal goes from the eyes to the visual cortex. The brain matches the mind-image of doughnuts to images and emotions stored in his brain’s memory regions: “Mmmm … doughnuts.” Then—bingo!—his brain’s dopamine-producing reward centres light up and have a rip-roaring hootenanny.

   • 2014 January 10, Leyla Sanai, “The Friday Book: An unflinchingly honest account of anxious times”, in The Independent, number 8504, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 47, column 1:

     He describes many studies, such as functional magnetic-resonance imaging, which has shown that anxiety is mediated via a part of the brain called the amygdala, and that anxious people tend to have increased firing of neurones here;