Richard B. Buxton, PhD, is a physicist working in the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). His research interests focus on recently developed functional MRI (fMRI) techniques to measure patterns of activation in the brain, including basic studies of the physiological mechanisms that underlie fMRI, novel approaches to the design and analysis of fMRI experiments, and development of new imaging techniques to directly measure tissue blood flow.

Selected Publications

Buxton RB, Frank LR. A Model for the Coupling Between Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism During Neural Stimulation. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Medicine, 17: 64-72, 1997. [PDF]

Buxton RB, Wong EC, Frank LR. Dynamics of blood flow and oxygenation changes during brain activation: the balloon model. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 39:855-864, 1998.[PDF]

Buxton RB, Frank LR, Wong EC, Siewert B, Warach S, Edleman RR. A General Kinetic Model for Quantitative Perfusion Imaging with Arterial Spin Labeling. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 40: 383-396, 1998.[PDF]

Buxton RB, The Elusive Initial Dip. NeuroImage, 13: 953-958, 2001. [PDF]

Books

Buxton RB. Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles and Techniques, Cambridge University Press. 2002.[Book Site]