Contact force- and amplitude-controllable vibrating probe for somatosensory mapping of plantar afferences with fMRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1177-1182

  Gallasch, Eugen ^a   Golaszewski, Stefan M ^b,c   Fend, Martin ^a   Siedentopf, Christian M ^c   Koppelstaetter, Florian ^c   Eisner, Wilhelm ^c   Gerstenbrand, Franz ^d   Felber, Stephan R ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Active vibration control; fMRI; MR compatibility; Neurodiagnostics; Sensorimotor cortex; Vibrotactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT RESPONSE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOOT SOLE; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INDENTOR; MAGNET; MECHANICAL PROBE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATING PROBE; VIBRATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FOOT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 33750435200     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20742     Document Type: Article

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