Design, construction, and validation of an MRI-compatible vibrotactile stimulator intended for clinical use

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-135

  Chakravarty, M Mallar ^a   Broadbent, Scott ^a   Rosa Neto, Pedro ^a   Lambert, Casey M ^b   Collins, D Louis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pre operative imaging; Presurgical planning; Sensory pathway; Vibrotactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMUS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION STUDY; VIBROTACTILE STIMULATOR;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; THALAMUS; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 70349240245     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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