title: Phantom haptic device upgrade for use in fMRI.
abstract: This paper presents an upgrade of a Phantom Premium 1.5 haptic device for use within a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) environment. A special mechanical extension that allows the haptic device to operate at a safe distance from the high-density magnetic field of an fMRI scanner has been developed. Extended haptic system was subjected to a series of tests to confirm electromagnetic compatibility with the fMRI scanner, for which key results are presented. With this fMRI compatible haptic platform a human brain activation during controlled upper limb movements can be studied. A simple virtual environment reaching task was programmed to study brain motor control functions. At the end preliminary results of an ongoing neurophysiological study are presented.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Trzaska, Ljubljana, Slovenia. alesh@robo.fe.uni-lj.si
authors.forename: Ales
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hribar
authors.forename: Blaz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koritnik
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munih
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000502:physiology