Products for use with fMRI or MEG systems
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Magnetoencephalography

Lumina MRI and MEG response pad system from Cedrus Corporation
Now available with a variety of response pads

The Lumina LP-400 is a patient response system designed specifically for use in an fMRI or MEG environment. The system consists of several components including response pads, controller, and over 40 metres (140 feet) of cables. Lumina was developed to satisfy the requirements of both clinical and research fields. It is compatible with most leading software packages and interfaces easily with a number of third party hardware devices as well.

The Lumina LP-400 system includes a choice of fibre-optic response pads with coloured push buttons (the LU-400 pair is pictured to the left and the LU-444 on the right). See Cedrus’s Lumina site for  details of other response pads available.

The pads are built of 100% plastic and fibre-optic components, are magnetically and RF inert and water resistant. The pads are permanently connected to an OTEC unit (for creating the light signals) via a 3m fibre-optic cable. The system also includes a sophisticated control box and two shielded 21m cables, a 9v adaptor and a serial port cable. A filter for the penetration panel can also be supplied free of charge on request.

• For further technical details, see Cedrus’ Lumina site
• Price information and ordering details

E-Prime Extensions for MRI from Psychology Software Tools
To optimise E-Prime experiments for fMRI research

EEfMRI allows you to synchronise the start of your experiment with the first scanner trigger pulse along with several valuable features to enhance the control you have over your experiment.

Implementing EEfMRI into your current experiments is achieved by simply dragging and dropping the correct EEfMRI package calls into the E-Prime® experiment in the appropriate places. EEfMRI is designed to integrate with other PST hardware and software to increase usability for researchers while maintaining the millisecond accuracy of E-Prime

E-Prime® Extensions for fMRI Features

• Synchronisation of the start of the experiment with the scanner trigger pulse
• Simplified logging of user-specified experimental events to tailor behavioural output for later analysis
• Menu system that allows the experimenter to group multiple tasks into a single experiment and interactively choose which tasks to present at run time
• Ability to interrupt a running task in a controlled manner to restart tasks without terminating the entire experiment
• New documentation including samples and tutorials
• Turnkey fMRI block sample (MapperOne.es2) that reliably activates important functional areas

E-Prime® Extensions for fMRI Requirements

• E-Prime 2.0 (Professional Recommended)
• Additional hardware for scanner trigger pulse synchronisation with start of experiment

• For further technical details, see PST’s EEfMRI page
• Price information and ordering details