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fMRT Online
BrainLab
Open Days at the Ars Electronica Center, January 2 to 4, 2009
A special form of Magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) is functional MRT (fMRT) that delivers images of the brain’s functions and activities. An active region of the brain requires more oxygen, which increases the blood supply to it. The fresh blood has different magnetic qualities than deoxygenated blood. fMRT measures the magnetic characteristics of the blood on the basis of its oxygen content. The computer evaluates these data and graphically depicts significant differences in signal intensity.
Credits: Supported by SIEMENS Austria. In cooperation with Linz General Hospital. Scientific consultant: Prim. Univ.-Prof. (Univ. Erlangen) Dr. Franz A. Fellner
This cooperative undertaking is also the basis for a new R&D project at the nexus of art and science, one that will make it possible for artists to work with fMRT.
For further informationen on Magnetic resonance tomography go to: http://www.linz.at/akh/451.asp
Source: rubra
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