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Review

Functional MRI in Radiology—A Personal Review

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Functional Imaging Unit, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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BDH-Klinik Greifswald, Institute for Neurorehabilitation and Evidence-Based Practice, “An-Institut”, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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Neurorehabilitation Research Group, University Medical Centre, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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AICURA Medical GmbH, 12103 Berlin, Germany
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Healthcare 2022, 10(9), 1646; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091646
Submission received: 4 August 2022 / Revised: 24 August 2022 / Accepted: 25 August 2022 / Published: 29 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Collection Radiology-Driven Projects: Science, Networks, and Healthcare)

Abstract

We, here, provide a personal review article on the development of a functional MRI in the radiology departments of two German university medicine units. Although the international community for human brain mapping has met since 1995, the researchers fascinated by human brain function are still young and innovative. However, the impact of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on prognosis and treatment decisions is restricted, even though standardized methods have been developed. The tradeoff between the groundbreaking studies on brain function and the attempt to provide reliable biomarkers for clinical decisions is large. By describing some historical developments in the field of fMRI, from a personal view, the rise of this method in clinical neuroscience during the last 25 years might be understandable. We aim to provide some background for (a) the historical developments of fMRI, (b) the establishment of two research units for fMRI in the departments of radiology in Germany, and (c) a description of some contributions within the selected fields of systems neuroscience, clinical neurology, and behavioral psychology.
Keywords: functional magnetic resonance imaging; structural MRI; history of fMRI; radiology in Germany functional magnetic resonance imaging; structural MRI; history of fMRI; radiology in Germany

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Lotze, M.; Domin, M.; Langner, S.; Platz, T. Functional MRI in Radiology—A Personal Review. Healthcare 2022, 10, 1646. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091646

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Lotze M, Domin M, Langner S, Platz T. Functional MRI in Radiology—A Personal Review. Healthcare. 2022; 10(9):1646. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091646

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Lotze, Martin, Martin Domin, Sönke Langner, and Thomas Platz. 2022. "Functional MRI in Radiology—A Personal Review" Healthcare 10, no. 9: 1646. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091646

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Lotze, M., Domin, M., Langner, S., & Platz, T. (2022). Functional MRI in Radiology—A Personal Review. Healthcare, 10(9), 1646. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091646

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