Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Primary Somatosensory Cortex Cortical area in the postcentral gyrus that
controls the sense of touch
Primary Visual Cortex (V1) Part of the brain that is responsible for processing
of visual information
Primary Component Analysis (PCA) Statistical method to reduce a set of
variables by application of linear combinations
Random-access memory (RAM) Data storage for electronic devices, e.g. com-
puters, which is accessed very fast (in contrast to hard disks)
Real-time In process control and computer technology, real-time systems guar-
antee a response within strict time constraints, which must fit to the application
repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) TMS paradigm with a
certain number of pulses applied with a fixed frequency to manipulate neuronal
behavior
root mean square (RMS) Square root of the arithmetic mean of a set of squared
values
RS-232 A
standard
for
a
binary
communication
via
a
serial
port
in
telecommunication
Single
Photon
Computed
Tomography
(SPECT) Imaging
technique
using
gamma rays (high frequent electromagnetic radiation)
Standard Deviation (SD) Also denoted with
Theta Burst Stimulation (TBS) Novel rTMS paradigm which can produce long-
term effects after a few minutes of stimulation
Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES) Brain stimulation technique based
on electrical currents using electrodes on the skull
Transcranial
Magnetic
Stimulation
(TMS) Noninvasive
brain
stimulation
technique based on the principle of electromagnetic induction
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Protocol for data transmission
Volume Rendering Engine (Voreen) An open source software package for
rendering and segmentation (
http://www.voreen.org
)