A low-cost system for monitoring skin conductance during functional MRI

Authors
Shastri, A Lomarev, MP Nelson, SJ George, MS Holzwarth, MR Bohning, DE
Citation
A. Shastri et al., A low-cost system for monitoring skin conductance during functional MRI, J MAGN R I, 14(2), 2001, pp. 187-193
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
ISSN journal
10531807 → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
187 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-1807(200108)14:2<187:ALSFMS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We built a low-cost system for monitoring human skin conductance responses (SCRs) in a clinical magnetic resonance (MR) scanner during functional imag ing. The average scanner-induced conductance noise level was suppressed suf ficiently to allow SCR measurements over the fall range of SCR amplitudes, and functional image signal-to-noise ratio was unaffected by the skin condu ctance apparatus. The system may be useful for a variety of imaging studies . (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.