Functional MRI using robotic MRI compatible devices for monitoring rehabilitation from chronic stroke in the molecular medicine era (Review)

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 963-973

  Astrakas, Loukas G ^a,b   Naqvi, Syed Hassan Abbas ^a,d   Kateb, Babak ^c,e,f,g   Tzika, A Aria ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c Brain Mapping Foundation   (United States)

^d DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^e Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT)   (United States)

^f National Center for Nano Bio Electronics (NCNBE)   (United States)

^g CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MR imaging; Rehabilitation; Robotic MRI compatible devices; Stroke; Stroke biomarkers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE COMPATIBLE HAND INDUCED ROBOTIC DEVICE; MONITORING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84860537459     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.942     Document Type: Review

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