A remotely controlled lightweight MRI compatible ultrasonic actuator for micrometer positioning of electrodes during neuroethological primate research

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 292-299

  Kern, Thorsten A ^a   Rörup, Hermke ^a   Werthschützky, Roland ^a   Tammer, Roland ^b,c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrode positioning; Electrophysiology; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Ultrasonic actuators

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ATOMS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROMETERS; RESONANCE; SURFACE DEFECTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; BRAIN RESEARCHES; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS; FREELY MOVING; IMPLANTED ELECTRODES; LABORATORY ANIMALS; PRECISE POSITIONING; TELE OPERATIONS; ULTRASONIC ACTUATORS;

ANIMALS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTRODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PRIMATES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RESEARCH; ROBOTICS; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 57049116589     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2008.046     Document Type: Article

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