title: Functional MRI: background and clinical applications.
abstract: Functional MRI is gaining wider acceptance as a clinical tool that can be used for a variety of clinical indications. The goal of this article is to introduce the reader to functional MRI as a technique and present some clinical applications of functional MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Free University of Amsterdam,  The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Castelijns
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Lycklama a Nijeholt
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mukherji
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging