Olga Tymofiyeva1, Michael Ledwig1, Kurt Rottner2, Ernst-Juergen Richter2, Peter Michael Jakob1
1Dept. of Experimental Physics 5, University of Wrzburg, Wrzburg, Bavaria, Germany; 2Dept. of Prosthodontics, Dental School, University of Wrzburg, Wrzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Numerous medical MRI applications suffer from patient motion and require motion control. A simple and low-cost motion tracking system is proposed which is based on the infrared light detection camera built-in in a Wii Remote (Nintendo), connected via Bluetooth to a computer for analysis. The proposed system allows for detecting patient motion with sensitivity below 40m and can become a solution for a wide range of MRI applications, in which real-time patient motion control is required.