Evaluation of Looping Star, a novel silent fMRI technique for auditory task fMRI
Motivation: The scan noise of Gradient-recalled echo echo-planar imaging (GRE-EPI) is a major confounding factor for auditory task fMRI. Goal(s): This study evaluated a novel silent fMRI technique, "Looping Star," comparing it to the conventional GRE-EPI method. Approach: A passive listening task consisting of a continuous stream of multilingual babble was applied for seven participants who underwent Looping Star and GRE-EPI scans respectively using similar scan parameters. Results: Looping Star showed higher sensitivity in detecting activations in primary auditory areas and additional regions not identified by GRE-EPI. Impact: The results indicate Looping Star's potential for more accurate and comprehensive auditory task fMRI studies due to reduced acoustic interference.
Authors
- Shengqi Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5680-0942)
- Zhaoyan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0977-0920)
- Yaoxuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1002-7242)
- Mengda Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6046-7735)
- Weiqiang Dou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0056-2014)
- Yong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4931-8725)
- Yuting Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4353-3726)
- Xiaofeng Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-9161)
- Hao Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1030-9819)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58530/2024/3165
- Primary Topic
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00