Dr KAREN MULLINGER KAREN.MULLINGER@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Identifying the sources of the pulse artefact in EEG recordings made inside an MR scanner
Mullinger, Karen J.; Havenhand, Jade; Bowtell, Richard W.
Authors
Jade Havenhand
Professor RICHARD BOWTELL RICHARD.BOWTELL@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Physics
Abstract
EEG recordings made during concurrent fMRI are confounded by the pulse artefact (PA), which although smaller than the gradient artefact is often more problematic because of its variability over multiple cardiac cycles. A better understanding of the PA is needed in order to generate improved methods for reducing its effect in EEG-fMRI experiments. Here we performed a study aimed at identifying the relative contributions of three putative sources of the PA (cardiac-pulse-driven head rotation, the Hall effect due to pulsatile blood flow and pulse-driven expansion of the scalp) to its amplitude and variability. EEG recordings were made from 6 subjects lying in a 3T scanner. Accelerometers were fixed on the forehead and temple to monitor head motion. A bite-bar and vacuum cushion were used to restrain the head, thus greatly attenuating the contribution of cardiac-driven head rotation to the PA, while an insulating layer placed between the head and the EEG electrodes was used to eliminate the Hall voltage contribution. Using the root mean square (RMS) amplitude of the PA averaged over leads and time as a measure of the PA amplitude, we found that head restraint and insulating layer reduced the PA by 61% and 42%, respectively, when compared with the PA induced with the subject relaxed, indicating that cardiac-pulse-driven head rotation is the dominant source of the PA. With both the insulating layer and head restraint in place, the PA was reduced in RMS amplitude by 78% compared with the relaxed condition, the remaining PA contribution resulting from scalp expansion or residual head motion. The variance of the PA across cardiac cycles was more strongly reduced by the insulating layer than the head restraint, indicating that the flow-induced Hall voltage makes a larger contribution than pulse-driven head rotation to the variability of the PA.
Citation
Mullinger, K. J., Havenhand, J., & Bowtell, R. W. (2013). Identifying the sources of the pulse artefact in EEG recordings made inside an MR scanner. NeuroImage, 71(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.12.070
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | May 1, 2013 |
Deposit Date | Apr 17, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 17, 2014 |
Journal | NeuroImage |
Print ISSN | 1053-8119 |
Electronic ISSN | 1053-8119 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 71 |
Issue | 1 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.12.070 |
Keywords | EEG–fMRI, Pulse artefact, Artefact reduction |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1002173 |
Publisher URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811913000098 |
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