title: The future of acquisition speed, coverage, sensitivity, and resolution.
abstract: Two decades of technology development has continually improved the image quality, spatial-temporal resolution, and sensitivity of the fMRI acquisition. In this article, I assess our current acquisition needs, briefly examine the technological breakthroughs that have benefited fMRI in the past, and look at some promising technologies that are currently under development to try to envision what the fMRI acquisition protocol of the future might look like.
authors.affiliation: AA Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dept. of Radiology, Charlestown, MA O2129, USA. wald@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Lawrence L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Wald
mesh_terms: D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*