@article {VHTRTZGCSSGPSBPDRL08,
	title = {Sensing Glove for Brain Studies: Design and assessment of its Compatibility for fMRI with a Robust Test},
	journal = {IEEE - ASME Transactions on Mechatronics},
	volume = {13},
	number = {3},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {345-354},
	abstract = {<p>In this paper, we describe a biomimetic-fabric-based sensing glove that can be used tomonitor hand posture and gesture. Our device is made of a distributed sensor network of piezoresistive conductive elastomers integrated into an elastic fabric. This solution does not affect natural movement and hand gestures, and can be worn for a long time with no discomfort. The glove could be fruitfully employed in behavioral and functional studies with functional MRI (fMRI) during specific tactile or motor tasks. To assess MR compatibility of the system, a statistical test on phantoms is introduced. This test can also be used for testing the compatibility of mechatronic devices designed to produce different stimuli inside the MR environment. We propose a statistical test to evaluate changes in SNR and time-domain standard deviations between image sequences acquired under different experimental conditions. fMRI experiments on subjects wearing the glove are reported. The reproducibility of fMRIresults obtained with andwithout the glove was estimated. A good similarity between the activated regions was found in the two conditions.</p>
},
	keywords = {Haptics, Robotics},
	author = {N. Vanello and V. Hartwig and M. Tesconi and E. Ricciardi and A. Tognetti and G. Zupone and R. Gassert and D. Chapuis and N. Sgambelluri and E. P. Scilingo and G. Giovannetti and V. Positano and M. F. Santarelli and A. Bicchi and P. Pietrini and D. De Rossi and L. Landini}
}
@article {LSTTD05,
	title = {Strain sensing fabric for hand posture and gesture monitoring},
	journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in BioMedicine},
	volume = {9},
	number = {3},
	year = {2005},
	month = {September},
	pages = {372-381},
	keywords = {Bioengineering},
	author = {F. Lorussi and E. P. Scilingo and M. Tesconi and A. Tognetti and D. De Rossi}
}
