K. Hytönen, V.Jousmäki, H. Kainulainen, R. Schreiber, and S. Vanni
The development of MEG and fMRI compatible stimulators aims to develop and test novel, selective, and artefact-free stimulators to be used in functional brain imaging modalities. In addition, we aim to build simple interfaces between commercial functional brain imaging instruments and stimulators.
Our novel MEG-compatible tactile stimulators were tested succesfully in MEG recordings at the National Rehablitation Center in Tokorozawa, Japan.
The upgrade of our 3T MRI scanner resulted in new demands for auditory and visual stimulators due to the lack of space inside of the head coil. We have designed and tested new improved solutions. In addition, we have tested an fMRI-compatible thermal stimulator and selected a new eye tracking system for the fMRI experiments.