fMRI

abbreviation

Medicine/Medical.

1. Also called functional MRI. functional magnetic resonance imaging: a procedure that uses MRI technology to measure and map brain activity by detecting changes in the brain’s blood flow and oxygenation.

2. functional magnetic resonance imager: a type of MRI scanner that is used in this procedure.

FMRI

abbreviation

1. functional magnetic resonance imaging: a technique that directly measures the blood flow in the brain, thereby providing information on brain activity

FMRI

1. Abbreviation for f unctional m agnetic r esonance i maging. In FMRI, a patient is placed in a high magnetic field and delicate measurements of magnetic fields associated with processes like blood flow are made. In this way, the functioning of organs like the brain can be monitored as they occur. (Compare MRI.)

FMRI images are used to determined which parts of the brain “light up” when a function such as speech or recognition is performed.

Example Sentences

In one study, people listened to their favorite music while under an fMRI machine.

From Salon

However, using an fMRI machine is considered the gold standard for mapping brain function, said Dr. Tristan Yates, a cognitive neuroscientist at Columbia University who studies perception and memory in early life.

From Salon

Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, has become a standard tool to visualize how the brain processes information.

From Science Daily

In a seemingly contradictory finding, research that used functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to study brain responses to disgusting humor did not find a pattern of brain activity that was distinct from plain disgust.

From Salon

Research into the use of fMRI scans to investigate internet addiction is currently limited and the studies had small adolescent samples.

From Science Daily