Patent Document ID: 20100194389
Application ID: 12697617
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for producing an image indicative of neuronal activation in a subject, with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the steps comprising: a) acquiring, with the MRI system, dynamic image data from a slice location in the subject; b) acquiring, with the MRI system, functional image data from a functional slice location in the subject; c) repeating steps a) and b), wherein functional image data is acquired at successively different functional slice locations during each repetition; d) reconstructing, from the dynamic image data acquired in steps a) and c), a series of dynamic images that is indicative of motion of at least one anatomical feature of the subject; e) reconstructing, from the functional image data acquired in steps b) and c), a series of functional images that is indicative of neuronal activity in the subject; and f) producing an image indicative of neuronal activity in the subject that is associated with the motion of the at least one anatomical feature using the series of dynamic images reconstructed in step d) and the series of functional images reconstructed in step e).