Virtual functional magnetic resonance imaging pain study system
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Abstract
A virtual fMRI facility was needed to habituate Persian Gulf War Veteran subjects, participating in a pain perception study, to a real fMRI environment similar to a 3 Tesla facility located in the Advanced Imaging Center at UMDNJ. To accomplish this, an automated hardware and software system was developed using a decommissioned MRI unit, ergonomic mouse, Finapres™ Continuous Blood Pressure (BP) Monitor, Dinamap™ Automatic BP Monitor, audiovisual feedback system, Medoc™ Thermal Sensory Analyzer (TSA), and LabVIEW™ 7.0 software. After the creation of the system, tests were conducted to determine if an individual would be more comfortable and less nervous after repeated trials in the virtual fMRI. © 2006 IEEE.
Identifier
33751079377 (Scopus)
ISBN
[0780395638, 9780780395633]
Publication Title
Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference Nebec
ISSN
1071121X
First Page
61
Last Page
62
Volume
2006
Recommended Citation
Reid, Gladstone V.; Bergen, Michael T.; Demarco, Robert M.; Chua, Florence B.; Ocasio, Michael; and Cook, Dane B., "Virtual functional magnetic resonance imaging pain study system" (2006). Faculty Publications. 19159.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/19159
