A Rotational Cylindrical fMRI Phantom for Image Quality Control
Fig 7
CNR and CVCNR dependence on slice position for EPI scans.
A) CNRmean and B) CVcnr plotted across phantom slices for EPI scans at various echo times (TR/TE/FA = 4000ms/21ms-115ms/90°, matrix = 64x64). There is a greater variation of CNR in EPI images compared to the GRE (Fig 6) across the slices and within the slices.