APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

ANATOMY

NEURORADIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which neuroimaging method helps provide information about brain function by monitoring electrical activity?
A
CT
B
MEG
C
EEG
D
PG
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Electroencephalography (EEG) First discovered about a century ago, EEG measures electrical activities of the brain from electrodes placed on the scalp.

Detailed explanation-2: -An EEG measures electrical activities of the brain from hundreds of electrodes placed on the scalp with special glue and/or within a special cap. When neurons generate an action potential or “fire”, they generate an electrical field that is quite powerful.

Detailed explanation-3: -Functional neuroimaging topics For instance, MEG and EEG record the magnetic or electrical fluctuations that occur when a population of neurons is active. These methods are excellent for measuring the time-course of neural events (on the order of milliseconds, ) but generally bad at measuring where those events happen.

Detailed explanation-4: -The two main techniques used in functional brain imaging are positron emission tomography (PET) and functional MRI (fMRI), which measure energy consumption in activated brain regions.

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