Title :
Functional imaging with MEG and fMRI
Author :
Romani, G.L. ; Brunetti, M. ; Ferretti, A. ; Pizzella, V. ; Torquati, K. ; Del Gratta, C.
Author_Institution :
Chieti Univ.
Abstract :
The possibility of integrating functional data from magnetoencephalographic (MEG) measurements and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) offers new insight on the brain organization. In fact, MEG and fMRI integration can provide accurate identification of active brain areas as well as a precise identification of the timing of brain response. In this paper two examples will be discussed: the first aiming at the characterization of the human primary (SI) and secondary (SII) somatosensory cortices, the second concerning how brain reacts to sound coming from different spatial directions
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; biomedical measurement; magnetoencephalography; neurophysiology; somatosensory phenomena; MEG-fMRI integration; active brain area identification; brain organization; brain response timing; functional imaging; functional magnetic resonance imaging; human cortex; magnetoencephalographic measurements; magnetoencephalography; primary somatosensory cortex; secondary somatosensory cortex; Band pass filters; Brain; Data analysis; Humans; Magnetic heads; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pain; Sampling methods; Timing; Wrist;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615386
