Clinical neuroimaging is due for yet another sea change as functional
neuroimaging becomes increasingly powerful and available. Functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is perhaps the most promising of the
emerging techniques. The following review helps us understand the physics,
strengths, limitations, and promise of fMRI. The authors are all affiliated
with the Brain Imaging Center at McLean Hospital and with the Departments
of Neurology (Dr. Levin) and Psychiatry (Dr. Renshaw) at Harvard Medical
School.Abstract Teaser