VISION-BASED TRACKING SYSTEM FOR HEAD MOTION CORRECTION IN FMRI IMAGES

Tali Lerner, Ehud Rivlin, Moshe Gur

2006

Abstract

This paper presents a new vision-based system for motion correction in functional-MRI experiments. fMRI is a popular technique for studying brain functionality by utilizing MRI technology. In an fMRI experiment a subject is required to perform a task while his brain is scanned by an MRI scanner. In order to achieve a high quality analysis the fMRI slices should be aligned. Hence, the subject is requested to avoid head movements during the entire experiment. However, due to the long duration of such experiments head motion is practically unavoidable. Most of the previous work in this field addresses this problem by extracting the head motion parameters from the acquired MRI data. Therefore, these works are limited to relatively small movements and may confuse head motion with brain activities. In the present work the head movements are detected by a system comprised of two cameras that monitor a specially designed device worn on the subject’s head. The system does not depend on the acquired MRI data and therefore can overcome large head movements. Additionally, the system can be extended to cope with inter-block motion and can be integrated into the MRI scanner for real-time updates of the scan-planes. The performance of the proposed system was tested in a laboratory environment and in fMRI experiments. It was found that high accuracy is obtained even when facing large head movements.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lerner T., Rivlin E. and Gur M. (2006). VISION-BASED TRACKING SYSTEM FOR HEAD MOTION CORRECTION IN FMRI IMAGES . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, ISBN 972-8865-40-6, pages 213-220. DOI: 10.5220/0001370202130220

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp06,
author={Tali Lerner and Ehud Rivlin and Moshe Gur},
title={VISION-BASED TRACKING SYSTEM FOR HEAD MOTION CORRECTION IN FMRI IMAGES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP,},
year={2006},
pages={213-220},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001370202130220},
isbn={972-8865-40-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP,
TI - VISION-BASED TRACKING SYSTEM FOR HEAD MOTION CORRECTION IN FMRI IMAGES
SN - 972-8865-40-6
AU - Lerner T.
AU - Rivlin E.
AU - Gur M.
PY - 2006
SP - 213
EP - 220
DO - 10.5220/0001370202130220