Automated syringe driver for acupoint injection in functional MRI studies: A case for quantified point injection in neuroimaging studies of acupuncture

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 815-819

  Strudwick, Mark W ^a   Wilson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Automation; FMRI; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Point injection

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INJECTION VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYRINGE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AUTOMATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYRINGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37649013437     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.4.6.815     Document Type: Article

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