Cuff-type pneumatic stimulator for studying somatosensory evoked responses with fMRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1067-1073

  Gallasch, Eugen ^a   Fend, Martin ^a   Rafolt, Dietmar ^b   Nardone, Raffaele ^c   Kunz, Alexander ^d   Kronbichler, Martin ^d   Beisteiner, Roland ^e   Golaszewski, Stefan ^d,f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Tappeiner Hospital Meran   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^e Center of Excellence   (Austria)

^f INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

MRI compatible devices; Neurodiagnostics; Pneumatic stimulation; Randomized stimulus pattern; Sensory system; Somatotopy cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CUFF; DEVICE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROPROCESSOR; NEUROIMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77249143862     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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