A technology being developed at Purdue University could provide an affordable, smart, self-learning device that, when placed into existing MRI machines could allow medical professionals to monitor patients more effectively and safely, by performing concurrent medical imaging and recording for diagnostic purposes.
The technology being developed could work simultaneously with any MRI system to record electro-physiological signals during MRI scanning. The device aims to learn when to start and stop recording to capture useful signals during MRI operation.
“Our device has a smaller footprint than a penny and could be used safely inside an MRI. Although small, the device is very powerful and allows researchers to record, stimulate, and image the brain or other organs all through the MRI,” Nishant Babaria, graduate research assistants in Purdue’s College of Engineering, said.