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Phantom haptic device upgrade for use in fMRI

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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.

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Trzaska 25, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Ales Hribar & Marko Munih

  2. Division of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Blaz Koritnik

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Hribar, A., Koritnik, B. & Munih, M. Phantom haptic device upgrade for use in fMRI. Med Biol Eng Comput 47, 677–684 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-009-0462-z

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