"functional magnetic resonance imaging" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fMRI [abbreviation], functional magnetic-resonance imaging [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|abbr=fMRI|head=functional magnetic resonance imaging}} functional magnetic resonance imaging (uncountable, abbreviation fMRI)
  1. (medicine) 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. Tags: uncountable Translations (form of MRI): 功能性磁振造影 (gōngnéngxìng cízhèn zàoyǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), funktionaalinen magneettikuvaus (Finnish), funktionelle Magnetresonanztomographie [feminine] (German), функциона́льная магни́тно-резона́нсная томогра́фия (funkcionálʹnaja magnítno-rezonánsnaja tomográfija) (Russian)

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