1Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
Averaged-BOSS fMRI has been proposed as an alternative to
BOSS fMRI to eliminate its spatial coverage problem. The feasibility of A-BOSS
has been previously investigated. Due to the complexity presented in A-BOSS
fMRI, in this work a Monte Carlo simulation has been performed for a
comprehensive investigation on its achievable functional contrast and to
compare the results with S1 and S2 SSFP fMRI. The obtained results show the
superior absolute signal change for A-BOSS and demonstrate the desirable
acquisition parameters.
