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FMRI Compatible Sensing Glove for Hand Gesture Monitoring

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Here we describe and validate a fabric sensing glove for hand finger movement monitoring. After a quick calibration procedure, and by suitably processing of the outputs of the glove, it is possible to estimate hand joint angles in real time. Moreover, we tested the fMRI compatibility of the glove and ran a pilot fMRI experiment on the neural correlates of handshaking during human-to-human and human-to-robot interactions. Here we describe how the glove can be used to monitor correct task execution and to improve modeling of the expected hemodynamic responses during fMRI experimental paradigms.

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The authors wish to thank the MRI Laboratory at G. Monasterio Foundation in Pisa, Italy, coordinated by M. Lombardi. The authors are grateful to Eng. Paolo Bianchi, Fabrizio Cutolo, Giuseppe Zupone and Mario Tesconi for contributions to this work. This work was partly supported by the ImmerSence project within the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union, FET—Presence Initiative, contract number IST-2006-027141, see also www.immersence.info.

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  1. Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, via G. Caruso, 16, 56122, Pisa, Italy

    Nicola Vanello & Luigi Landini

  2. Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, via Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Valentina Hartwig

  3. Interdepartmental Research Center “E. Piaggio”, University of Pisa, via Diotisalvi, 2, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    Valentina Hartwig, Enzo Pasquale Scilingo, Alessandro Tognetti, Danilo De Rossi & Antonio Bicchi

  4. Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Pisa Medical School, Via Roma, 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    Daniela Bonino, Emiliano Ricciardi & Pietro Pietrini

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Vanello, N. et al. (2012). FMRI Compatible Sensing Glove for Hand Gesture Monitoring. In: Peer, A., Giachritsis, C. (eds) Immersive Multimodal Interactive Presence. Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2754-3_12

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