functional magnetic resonance imaging

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functional magnetic resonance imaging

noun fMRI · functional magnetic-resonance imaging

  1. uncountable A form of magnetic resonance imaging that records the flow of blood to areas of the brain when the patient is undertaking a specific neural activity. 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.

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noun form of MRI

中文功能性磁振造影 gōngnéngxìng cízhèn zàoyǐng
Deutschfunktionelle Magnetresonanztomographie
Русскийфункциона́льная магни́тно-резона́нсная томогра́фия funkcionálʹnaja magnítno-rezonánsnaja tomográfija

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@misc{functional_magnetic_resonance_imaging_2026,
  title = {functional magnetic resonance imaging},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/functional%20magnetic%20resonance%20imaging},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}