Facilities
RiVERS Lab
The RiVERS Lab is a 500 sq. ft laboratory equipped with a Noraxon
Myosystem 1200 eight-channel EMG system, a Peak Motus 3-D movement
analysis system with 6 cameras and two 2 kisler force plates. A
kinetron and Gait Rite pad are also available. The lab is equipped
with high speed Internet as well as several PCs with graphic acceleration
hardware.
Virtual Reality Applications
Rutgers Ankle Rehabilitation System
The Rutgers Ankle robot is a compact Stewart platform, which provides
6 DOF force feedback. The RA platforms are mounted on a floor support
and are connected to a single control interface through electrical
and pneumatic lines.
The system runs simulations, which are similar to vehicle driving
arcade games. Patients use their foot as a joy-stick to navigate
through targets positioned on the route. The ankle motions are recorded
by the control interface and sent to the simulation running on the
host PC.
Mobility Simulator
The Stewart-platforms developed for this system are based on the
original design of the Rutgers Ankle 6DOF pneumatic robot. The new
devices are larger and can sustain heavier loads making them suitable
for gait training. The user, strapped in an unweighing frame, (www.biodex.com)
stands on two such devices placed side-by-side. The devices can
apply 6DOF forces and torques to the feet making it possible to
simulate varied support surface conditions. The platforms are integrated
with two VE simulations, a street crossing and park path.
Rutgers Master II
The Rutgers Master II-ND glove is a haptic interface designed for
dextrous interactions with virtual environments. The glove provides
force feedback up to 16 N each to the thumb, index, middle, and
ring fingertips. It uses custom pneumatic actuators arranged in
a direct-drive configuration in the palm.
Cyberglove
The CyberGlove® is a fully instrumented glove that provides
up to 22 high-accuracy joint-angle measurements. It uses proprietary
resistive bend-sensing technology to accurately transform hand and
finger motions into real-time digital joint-angle data.
www.immersion.com
Telerehabilitation System
The currently developed web-based telerehabilitation monitoring
system utilizes a Java3D application that can access the real-time
data coming from the clinical sites. The clinical site consists
of a Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) camera, which can be manipulated over the
Internet, a microphone, and a virtual reality-based rehabilitation
system (software and hardware). The hardware, the Rutgers Ankle
(RARS) and the Rutgers Master II, communicates the patient information
to the local application, which will then send it to a remote server.
It is from this server that the monitoring system retrieves its
information and displays it in real-time to the remote therapist.
Additional Locations:
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - NJMS
fmri facilities
The Functional Imaging Laboratory, located in the Department of
Radiology, is a 441 sq. foot space connected to the MRI scanning
area by a dedicated high-speed fiberoptic ETHERNET cable for fMRI
data transmission. The Department of Radiology is a full-service
diagnostic and therapeutic academic department, with 40 full-time
attending radiologists and 16 resident physicians-in-training.
Neuroimaging equipment includes a GE 1.5T Echospeed MRI scanner
(Signa LX), a GE 1.5T CVi/NVi MRI scanner, A Siemens Allegra 3T
MRI is online and available for functional MRI studies in an adjacent
building. The GE Horizon Echospeed 1.5T Signa Horizon LX Specific
system configuration and available accessories include:1) The scanner
is echo-planar configured and utilizes 8.3 system software with
GE Epibold for system 8.3.2) A full complement of head, neck, and
body coils, including a standard quadrature "bird-cage"
head coil used for the fMRI experiments.3) Built-in GE Magnacoustics
audio system.4) Avotec® visual LCD presentation and stimulus
system.5) Programmable power injector (Medrad Inc., Indianola, PA)
for injection of gadolinium contrast or normal saline.
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