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Amador-Tejada A, McGillivray JE, Kumbhare DA, Noseworthy MD. Denoising of the gradient artifact present in simultaneous studies of muscle blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal and electromyography (EMG). Magn Reson Imaging 2024; 111:179-185. [PMID: 38723782 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2024.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 04/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
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The MR-induced gradient artifact affects EMG recordings during simultaneous muscle BOLD/EMG acquisitions. However, no dedicated hardware can remove the gradient artifact easily, and alternative methods are expensive and time-consuming. This study aimed to develop three denoising methods requiring different processing levels and MR-compatible hardware. At two time points, surface EMG was recorded from the lower leg of 6 participants (50:50 sex ratio, age = 26.24.6 yrs., height = 173.59.2 cm, weight = 71.511.4 kg) using a plantar flexion-based block design consisting of 30s of rest followed by 30s of flexion for 5 min, under three conditions: inside the MRI bore, with and without a BOLD sequence (3 T, BOLD sequence, GRE EPI, 10 slices, 64×64 matrix, 2 mm thickness, and TE/TR/flip = 35/3000 ms/70), and outside the MRI environment. Simultaneous BOLD/EMG recordings were denoised using average artifact subtraction with three methods of artifact template creation, each having varying timing and hardware requirements. Method M1 builds the artifact template by recording the scanner triggers coming from the MRI; M2 creates the artifact template with a constant artifact period computed as TR/[number of slices]; M3 estimates the artifact template by looking at the periodicity of the gradient artifact located in the EMG recordings. Following postprocessing, SNR analysis was performed, comparing rest-to-flexion periods, to assess the efficacy of denoising methods and to compare differences between conditions. Linear mixed-effects models showed no significant differences in the mean SNR between denoising methods (p = 0.656). Furthermore, EMG SNR measurements were significantly affected by the magnetic environment (p < 0.05) but not by muscle fatigue over time (p = 0.975). EMG recordings contaminated with gradient artifacts during simultaneous BOLD/EMG can be efficiently denoised using all proposed methods, with two methods requiring no extra hardware. With minimal post-processing, EMG can easily be performed during muscle BOLD MRI studies.
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- Alejandro Amador-Tejada
- School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Imaging Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Imaging Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Imaging Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Department of Radiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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Song A, Sunday K, Silfies SP, Vendemia JMC. MRI Compatible Lumbopelvic Movement Measurement System to Validate and Capture Task Performance During Neuroimaging. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2024; 32:1380-1385. [PMID: 38512737 PMCID: PMC11026086 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2024.3380057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Research suggests that structural and functional changes within the brain are associated with chronic low back pain, and these cortical alterations might contribute to impaired sensorimotor control of the trunk and hips in this population. However, linking sensorimotor brain changes with altered movement of the trunk and hips during task-based neuroimaging presents significant challenges. An MRI-safe pressure measurement system was developed to ensure proper task completion during neuroimaging by capturing movement patterns of the trunk (sensors under the lower back) and hips (sensors embedded in the foam roll under the knees). Pressure changes were measured outside of the scanner by digital differential pressure sensors to capture time-series data and analog pressure gauges for real-time determination of task performance occurring within an MRI bore during brain imaging. This study examined the concurrent validity of air pressure changes between the digital and analog sensors. The digital and analog data were compared in 23 participants during the performance of modified bilateral and unilateral right and left hip bridges. Spearman's correlations were calculated for each sensor during the three bridging tasks and showed high positive correlations, indicating that over 87% of pressure change from the analog gauge can be explained by the pressure from the digital sensor. Bland-Altman plots showed no bias and mean differences were under three mmHg. This pressure system improves the rigor of future studies by validating the digital data from the system and increasing the capabilities of capturing lumbopelvic task performance occurring inside the scanner bore.
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Huang Q, Wu C, Hou S, Yao K, Sun H, Wang Y, Chen Y, Law J, Yang M, Chan HY, Roy VAL, Zhao Y, Wang D, Song E, Yu X, Lao L, Sun Y, Li WJ. Mapping of Spatiotemporal Auricular Electrophysiological Signals Reveals Human Biometric Clusters. Adv Healthc Mater 2022; 11:e2201404. [PMID: 36217916 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202201404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Underneath the ear skin there are rich vascular network and sensory nerve branches. Hence, the 3D mapping of auricular electrophysiological signals can provide new biomedical perspectives. However, it is still extremely challenging for current sensing techniques to cover the entire ultra-curved auricle. Here, a 3D graphene-based ear-conformable sensing device with embedded and distributed 3D electrodes for full-auricle physiological monitoring is reported. As a proof-of-concept, spatiotemporal auricular electrical skin resistance (AESR) mapping is demonstrated for the first time, and human subject-specific AESR distributions are observed. From the data of more than 30 ears (both right and left ears), the auricular region-specific AESR changes after cycling exercise are observed in 98% of the tests and are clustered into four groups via machine learning-based data analyses. Correlations of AESR with heart rate and blood pressure are also studied. This 3D electronic platform and AESR-based biometrical findings show promising biomedical applications.
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- Qingyun Huang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China.,Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China.,Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE), Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3G8, Canada
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- Bendheim Integrative Medicine Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- School of Control Engineering, Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, 066004, P. R. China
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Research Base of Intelligent Optoelectronics and Perception, Institute of Optoelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China
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- Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE), Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Virginia University of Integrative Medicine, Vienna, VA, 22182, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3G8, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China.,Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE), Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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Tian L, Zimmerman B, Akhtar A, Yu KJ, Moore M, Wu J, Larsen RJ, Lee JW, Li J, Liu Y, Metzger B, Qu S, Guo X, Mathewson KE, Fan JA, Cornman J, Fatina M, Xie Z, Ma Y, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Dolcos F, Fabiani M, Gratton G, Bretl T, Hargrove LJ, Braun PV, Huang Y, Rogers JA. Large-area MRI-compatible epidermal electronic interfaces for prosthetic control and cognitive monitoring. Nat Biomed Eng 2019; 3:194-205. [PMID: 30948811 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-019-0347-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Skin-interfaced medical devices are critically important for diagnosing disease, monitoring physiological health and establishing control interfaces with prosthetics, computer systems and wearable robotic devices. Skin-like epidermal electronic technologies can support these use cases in soft and ultrathin materials that conformally interface with the skin in a manner that is mechanically and thermally imperceptible. Nevertheless, schemes so far have limited the overall sizes of these devices to less than a few square centimetres. Here, we present materials, device structures, handling and mounting methods, and manufacturing approaches that enable epidermal electronic interfaces that are orders of magnitude larger than previously realized. As a proof-of-concept, we demonstrate devices for electrophysiological recordings that enable coverage of the full scalp and the full circumference of the forearm. Filamentary conductive architectures in open-network designs minimize radio frequency-induced eddy currents, forming the basis for structural and functional compatibility with magnetic resonance imaging. We demonstrate the use of the large-area interfaces for the multifunctional control of a transhumeral prosthesis by patients who have undergone targeted muscle-reinnervation surgery, in long-term electroencephalography, and in simultaneous electroencephalography and structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging.
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- Limei Tian
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.,Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Center for Mechanics and Materials and Center for Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Center for Mechanics and Materials and Center for Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Center for Mechanics and Materials and Center for Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Center for Mechanics and Materials and Center for Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. .,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. .,Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Neurological Surgery, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Simpson Querrey Institute and Feinberg Medical School Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
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MacIntosh BJ, Crane DE, Sage MD, Rajab AS, Donahue MJ, McIlroy WE, Middleton LE. Impact of a single bout of aerobic exercise on regional brain perfusion and activation responses in healthy young adults. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85163. [PMID: 24416356 PMCID: PMC3885687 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/24/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Purpose Despite the generally accepted view that aerobic exercise can have positive effects on brain health, few studies have measured brain responses to exercise over a short time span. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact within one hour of a single bout of exercise on brain perfusion and neuronal activation. Methods Healthy adults (n = 16; age range: 20–35 yrs) were scanned using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) before and after 20 minutes of exercise at 70% of their age-predicted maximal heart rate. Pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (pcASL) was used to measure absolute cerebral blood flow (CBF) prior to exercise (pre) and at 10 min (post-10) and 40 min (post-40) post-exercise. Blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) functional MRI (fMRI) was performed pre and post-exercise to characterize activation differences related to a go/no-go reaction time task. Results Compared to pre-exercise levels, grey matter CBF was 11% (±9%) lower at post-10 (P<0.0004) and not different at post-40 (P = 0.12), while global WM CBF was increased at both time points post-exercise (P<0.0006). Regionally, the hippocampus and insula showed a decrease in perfusion in ROI-analysis at post-10 (P<0.005, FDR corrected), whereas voxel-wise analysis identified elevated perfusion in the left medial postcentral gyrus at post-40 compared to pre (pcorrected = 0.05). BOLD activations were consistent between sessions, however, the left parietal operculum showed reduced BOLD activation after exercise. Conclusion This study provides preliminary evidence of regionalized brain effects associated with a single bout of aerobic exercise. The observed acute cerebrovascular responses may provide some insight into the brain’s ability to change in relation to chronic interventions.
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- Bradley J. MacIntosh
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Macintosh BJ, Graham SJ. Magnetic resonance imaging to visualize stroke and characterize stroke recovery: a review. Front Neurol 2013; 4:60. [PMID: 23750149 PMCID: PMC3664317 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The global burden of stroke continues to grow. Although stroke prevention strategies (e.g., medications, diet, and exercise) can contribute to risk reduction, options for acute interventions (e.g., thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke) are limited to the minority of patients. The remaining patients are often left with profound neurological disabilities that substantially impact quality of life, economic productivity, and increase caregiver burden. In the last decade, however, the future outlook for such patients has been tempered by movement toward the view that the brain is capable of reorganizing after injury. Many now view brain recovery after stroke as an area of scientific research with large potential for therapeutic advances, far into the future (Broderick and William, 2004). As a probe of brain anatomy, function and physiology, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive and highly versatile modality that promises to play a particularly important role in such research. Here we provide a basic review of MRI physical principles and applications for assessing stroke, looking toward the future role MRI may play in improving stroke rehabilitation methods and stroke recovery.
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- Bradley J Macintosh
- Physical Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute Toronto, ON, Canada ; Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute Toronto, ON, Canada ; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada
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Accounting for movement increases sensitivity in detecting brain activity in Parkinson's disease. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36271. [PMID: 22563486 PMCID: PMC3341369 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2011] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is manifested by motor impairment, which may impede the ability to accurately perform motor tasks during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Both temporal and amplitude deviations of movement performance affect the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) response. We present a general approach for assessing PD patients' movement control employing simultaneously recorded fMRI time series and behavioral data of the patients' kinematics using MR-compatible gloves. Twelve male patients with advanced PD were examined with fMRI at 1.5T during epoch-based visually paced finger tapping. MR-compatible gloves were utilized online to quantify motor outcome in two conditions with or without dopaminergic medication. Modeling of individual-level brain activity included (i) a predictor consisting of a condition-specific, constant-amplitude boxcar function convolved with the canonical hemodynamic response function (HRF) as commonly used in fMRI statistics (standard model), or (ii) a custom-made predictor computed from glove time series convolved with the HRF (kinematic model). Factorial statistics yielded a parametric map for each modeling technique, showing the medication effect on the group level. Patients showed bilateral response to levodopa in putamen and globus pallidus during the motor experiment. Interestingly, kinematic modeling produced significantly higher activation in terms of both the extent and amplitude of activity. Our results appear to account for movement performance in fMRI motor experiments with PD and increase sensitivity in detecting brain response to levodopa. We strongly advocate quantitatively controlling for motor performance to reach more reliable and robust analyses in fMRI with PD patients.
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Gandolla M, Ferrante S, Casellato C, Ferrigno G, Molteni F, Martegani A, Frattini T, Pedrocchi A. fMRI brain mapping during motion capture and FES induced motor tasks: signal to noise ratio assessment. Med Eng Phys 2011; 33:1027-32. [PMID: 21550290 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2010] [Revised: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 04/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) is a well known clinical rehabilitation procedure, however the neural mechanisms that underlie this treatment at Central Nervous System (CNS) level are still not completely understood. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a suitable tool to investigate effects of rehabilitative treatments on brain plasticity. Moreover, monitoring the effective executed movement is needed to correctly interpret activation maps, most of all in neurological patients where required motor tasks could be only partially accomplished. The proposed experimental set-up includes a 1.5 T fMRI scanner, a motion capture system to acquire kinematic data, and an electro-stimulation device. The introduction of metallic devices and of stimulation current in the MRI room could affect fMRI acquisitions so as to prevent a reliable activation maps analysis. What we are interested in is that the Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent (BOLD) signal, marker of neural activity, could be detected within a given experimental condition and set-up. In this paper we assess temporal Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) as image quality index. BOLD signal change is about 1-2% as revealed by a 1.5 T scanner. This work demonstrates that, with this innovative set-up, in the main cortical sensorimotor regions 1% BOLD signal change can be detected at least in the 93% of the sub-volumes, and almost 100% of the sub-volumes are suitable for 2% signal change detection. The integrated experimental set-up will therefore allows to detect FES induced movements fMRI maps simultaneously with kinematic acquisitions so as to investigate FES-based rehabilitation treatments contribution at CNS level.
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- Marta Gandolla
- Politecnico di Milano, NearLab, Bioengineering Department, Via G. Colombo 40, Milano, Italy.
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Casellato C, Ferrante S, Gandolla M, Volonterio N, Ferrigno G, Baselli G, Frattini T, Martegani A, Molteni F, Pedrocchi A. Simultaneous measurements of kinematics and fMRI: compatibility assessment and case report on recovery evaluation of one stroke patient. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2010; 7:49. [PMID: 20863391 PMCID: PMC2955635 DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-7-49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2010] [Accepted: 09/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Correlating the features of the actual executed movement with the associated cortical activations can enhance the reliability of the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data interpretation. This is crucial for longitudinal evaluation of motor recovery in neurological patients and for investigating detailed mutual interactions between activation maps and movement parameters.Therefore, we have explored a new set-up combining fMRI with an optoelectronic motion capture system, which provides a multi-parameter quantification of the performed motor task. METHODS The cameras of the motion system were mounted inside the MR room and passive markers were placed on the subject skin, without any risk or encumbrance. The versatile set-up allows 3-dimensional multi-segment acquisitions including recording of possible mirror movements, and it guarantees a high inter-sessions repeatability.We demonstrated the integrated set-up reliability through compatibility tests. Then, an fMRI block-design protocol combined with kinematic recordings was tested on a healthy volunteer performing finger tapping and ankle dorsal- plantar-flexion. A preliminary assessment of clinical applicability and perspectives was carried out by pre- and post rehabilitation acquisitions on a hemiparetic patient performing ankle dorsal- plantar-flexion. For all sessions, the proposed method integrating kinematic data into the model design was compared with the standard analysis. RESULTS Phantom acquisitions demonstrated the not-compromised image quality. Healthy subject sessions showed the protocols feasibility and the model reliability with the kinematic regressor. The patient results showed that brain activation maps were more consistent when the images analysis included in the regression model, besides the stimuli, the kinematic regressor quantifying the actual executed movement (movement timing and amplitude), proving a significant model improvement. Moreover, concerning motor recovery evaluation, after one rehabilitation month, a greater cortical area was activated during exercise, in contrast to the usual focalization associated with functional recovery. Indeed, the availability of kinematics data allows to correlate this wider area with a higher frequency and a larger amplitude of movement. CONCLUSIONS The kinematic acquisitions resulted to be reliable and versatile to enrich the fMRI images information and therefore the evaluation of motor recovery in neurological patients where large differences between required and performed motion can be expected.
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- Claudia Casellato
- Politecnico di Milano, Bioengineering Dept, NearLab, piazza L, Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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De Luca C, Bertollo M, Comani S. Non-magnetic equipment for the high-resolution quantification of finger kinematics during functional studies of bimanual coordination. J Neurosci Methods 2010; 192:173-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2009] [Revised: 07/12/2010] [Accepted: 07/16/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Robust EMG–fMRI artifact reduction for motion (FARM). Clin Neurophysiol 2010; 121:766-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2009] [Revised: 12/22/2009] [Accepted: 12/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sörös P, Macintosh BJ, Tam F, Graham SJ. fMRI-Compatible Registration of Jaw Movements Using a Fiber-Optic Bend Sensor. Front Hum Neurosci 2010; 4:24. [PMID: 20463865 PMCID: PMC2868298 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)-compatible fiber-optic bend sensor was investigated to assess whether the device could be used effectively to monitor opening and closing of the jaw during an fMRI experiment at 3 T. In contrast to surface electromyography, a bend sensor fixed to the chin of the participant is fast and easy to use and is not affected by strong electromagnetic fields. Bend sensor recordings are characterized by high validity (compared with concurrent video recordings of mouth opening) and high reliability (comparing two independent measurements). The results of this study indicate that a bend sensor is able to record the opening and closing of the jaw associated with different overt speech conditions (producing the utterances /a/, /pa/, /pataka/) and the opening of the mouth without speech production. Data post-processing such as filtering was not necessary. There are several potential applications for bend sensor recordings of speech-related jaw movements. First, bend sensor recordings are a valuable tool to assess behavioral performance, such as response latencies, accuracies, and completion times, which is particularly important in children, seniors, or patients with various neurological or psychiatric conditions. Second, the timing information provided by bend sensor data may improve the predicted hemodynamic response that is used for fMRI analysis based on the general linear model (GLM). Third, bend sensor recordings may be included in GLM analyses not for statistical contrast purposes, but as a covariate of no interest, accounting for part of the data variance to model fMRI artifacts due to motion outside the field of view.
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Affiliation(s)
- Peter Sörös
- Department of Imaging Research, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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BANDETTINI PETERA. SEVEN TOPICS IN FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. J Integr Neurosci 2009; 8:371-403. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219635209002186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Macintosh BJ, Mraz R, McIlroy WE, Graham SJ. Brain activity during a motor learning task: an fMRI and skin conductance study. Hum Brain Mapp 2008; 28:1359-67. [PMID: 17318835 PMCID: PMC4896816 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Measuring electrodermal activity (EDA) during fMRI is an effective means of studying the influence of task-related arousal, inferred from autonomic nervous system activity, on brain activation patterns. The goals of this study were: (1) to measure reliable EDA from healthy individuals during fMRI involving an effortful unilateral motor task, (2) to explore how EDA recordings can be used to augment fMRI data analysis. In addition to conventional hemodynamic modeling, skin conductance time series data were used as model waveforms to generate activation images from fMRI data. Activations from the EDA model produced significantly different brain regions from those obtained with a standard hemodynamic model, primarily in the insula and cingulate cortices. Onsets of the EDA changes were synchronous with the hemodynamic model, but EDA data showed additional transient features, such as a decrease in amplitude with time, and helped to provide behavioral evidence suggesting task difficulty decreased with movement repetition. Univariate statistics also confirmed that several brain regions showed early versus late session effects. Partial least squares (PLS) multivariate analysis of EDA and fMRI data provided complimentary, additional insight on how the motor network varied over the course of a single fMRI session. Brain regions identified in this manner included the insula, cingulate gyrus, pre- and postcentral gyri, putamen and parietal cortices. These results suggest that recording EDA during motor fMRI experiments provides complementary information that can be used to improve the fMRI analysis, particularly when behavioral or task effects are difficult to model a priori.
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- Bradley J Macintosh
- Imaging Research, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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