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functional magnetic resonance imaging en · NOUN

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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. 2021 November 19, Madeline Holcombe, “Is your mom warmer with her grandkids than with you? A new study says blame biology”, in CNN:

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de funktionelle Magnetresonanztomographie (form of MRI) · ru функциона́льная магни́тно-резона́нсная томогра́фия (form of MRI) · fi funktionaalinen magneettikuvaus (form of MRI) · cmn 功能性磁振造影 (form of MRI)