OBJECT: Susceptibility artifacts along the phase-encoding (PE) direction impact the activation pattern in the amygdala and may lead to systematic asymmetries. We implemented a triple-echo echo-planar imaging (EPI) sequence, acquiring opposite PE polarities along left-right PE direction in a single shot, to investigate its effects on amygdala lateralization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twelve subjects viewed emotional faces to evoke amygdala activation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A region of interest analysis revealed that the lateralization of amygdala responses depended on the PE polarity thus representing a pure method artifact. Alternating PE with multi-echo EPI reduced the artifact. Lateralized fMRI activation in areas with magnetic field inhomogeneities need to be interpreted with caution.
OBJECT: Susceptibility artifacts along the phase-encoding (PE) direction impact the activation pattern in the amygdala and may lead to systematic asymmetries. We implemented a triple-echo echo-planar imaging (EPI) sequence, acquiring opposite PE polarities along left-right PE direction in a single shot, to investigate its effects on amygdala lateralization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twelve subjects viewed emotional faces to evoke amygdala activation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A region of interest analysis revealed that the lateralization of amygdala responses depended on the PE polarity thus representing a pure method artifact. Alternating PE with multi-echo EPI reduced the artifact. Lateralized fMRI activation in areas with magnetic field inhomogeneities need to be interpreted with caution.
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