Smart MRI Monitoring Device to Increase Patient Safety

The device could enable clinicians to record, stimulate, and image organs such as the brain, during an MRI scan, reduce health risks, and improving the imaging results.

Graduate research assistant, Nishant Babaria, said, "MRI alone does not always provide enough information to clinicians. There is tremendous scientific and clinical value in using multiple technologies together on a single platform. We believe this device is the first of its kind. It’s wireless and directly powered and operated by the MRI. It is much more affordable than other commercial systems, and provides much better quality in neural recording and stimulation during MRI imaging. The device has great potential to significantly improve the safety, efficacy, and precision of medical diagnostics for patients who suffer from epilepsy, Parkinson’s diseases, depression, and many more diseases."

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