Removal of stimulus-induced artifacts in functional spinal cord imaging

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2013:2013:3391-4. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610269.

Abstract

This paper develops a novel method to reduce the influence of stimulus-induced artifacts in functional spinal cord imaging. The developed method employes a two-step procedure. The first step acquires artifact data, which contain artifacts but do not contain spinal cord evoked magnetic field (SCEF). The second step applies a method called common-mode subspace projection (CSP). The effectiveness of the developed method is validated using SCEF data measured from a healthy volunteer.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Artifacts*
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Male
  • Neck / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spinal Cord / anatomy & histology*
  • Spinal Cord / physiology*