Title :
Development of an MR safe reach and grasp movement evaluation system to study brain activation patterns after stroke
Author :
Xu, Rubing ; Johnson, Michelle J. ; Verber, Matthew ; Kamara, Sheku
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI, USA
Abstract :
An MR safe apparatus is important for the for monitoring of tasks in the magnetic resonance (MR) environment. This paper describes the development of an MR safe movement evaluation system to measure the hand grasp and elbow flexion/extension movements. The system will be used to monitor motor performance in the fMRI environment and assess functional and motor impairment level pre and post robot-assisted therapy.
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical MRI; brain; mechanoception; medical robotics; patient treatment; MR safe movement evaluation system; brain activation patterns; elbow flexion-extension movement; fMRI environment; functional impairment level; hand grasp movement evaluation system; magnetic resonance environment; motor impairment level; post robot-assisted therapy; pre robot-assisted therapy; task monitoring; Arm; Brain; Burns, Electric; Computer-Aided Design; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Evoked Potentials, Motor; Exercise Test; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Movement; Movement Disorders; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Stroke;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3296-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334674
