Estimating Resting HRV during fMRI: A Comparison between Laboratory and Scanner Environment

Heart rate variability (HRV) is regularly assessed in neuroimaging studies as an indicator of autonomic, emotional or cognitive processes. In this study, we investigated the influence of a loud and cramped environment during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on resting HRV measures. We compared recor...

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Autores principales: Andy Schumann, Stefanie Suttkus, Karl-Jürgen Bär
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:00d34273524f4a8a94b7bda507133eb82021-11-25T18:58:21ZEstimating Resting HRV during fMRI: A Comparison between Laboratory and Scanner Environment10.3390/s212276631424-8220https://doaj.org/article/00d34273524f4a8a94b7bda507133eb82021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7663https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220Heart rate variability (HRV) is regularly assessed in neuroimaging studies as an indicator of autonomic, emotional or cognitive processes. In this study, we investigated the influence of a loud and cramped environment during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on resting HRV measures. We compared recordings during functional MRI sessions with recordings in our autonomic laboratory (LAB) in 101 healthy subjects. In the LAB, we recorded an electrocardiogram (ECG) and a photoplethysmogram (PPG) over 15 min. During resting state functional MRI, we acquired a PPG for 15 min. We assessed anxiety levels before the scanning in each subject. In 27 participants, we performed follow-up sessions to investigate a possible effect of habituation. We found a high intra-class correlation ranging between 0.775 and 0.996, indicating high consistency across conditions. We observed no systematic influence of the MRI environment on any HRV index when PPG signals were analyzed. However, SDNN and RMSSD were significantly higher when extracted from the PPG compared to the ECG. Although we found a significant correlation of anxiety and the decrease in HRV from LAB to MRI, a familiarization session did not change the HRV outcome. Our results suggest that psychological factors are less influential on the HRV outcome during MRI than the methodological choice of the cardiac signal to analyze.Andy SchumannStefanie SuttkusKarl-Jürgen BärMDPI AGarticleheart rate variabilityautonomic nervous systemreproducibilityphotoplethysmogramelectrocardiogramChemical technologyTP1-1185ENSensors, Vol 21, Iss 7663, p 7663 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic heart rate variability
autonomic nervous system
reproducibility
photoplethysmogram
electrocardiogram
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
spellingShingle heart rate variability
autonomic nervous system
reproducibility
photoplethysmogram
electrocardiogram
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
Andy Schumann
Stefanie Suttkus
Karl-Jürgen Bär
Estimating Resting HRV during fMRI: A Comparison between Laboratory and Scanner Environment
description Heart rate variability (HRV) is regularly assessed in neuroimaging studies as an indicator of autonomic, emotional or cognitive processes. In this study, we investigated the influence of a loud and cramped environment during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on resting HRV measures. We compared recordings during functional MRI sessions with recordings in our autonomic laboratory (LAB) in 101 healthy subjects. In the LAB, we recorded an electrocardiogram (ECG) and a photoplethysmogram (PPG) over 15 min. During resting state functional MRI, we acquired a PPG for 15 min. We assessed anxiety levels before the scanning in each subject. In 27 participants, we performed follow-up sessions to investigate a possible effect of habituation. We found a high intra-class correlation ranging between 0.775 and 0.996, indicating high consistency across conditions. We observed no systematic influence of the MRI environment on any HRV index when PPG signals were analyzed. However, SDNN and RMSSD were significantly higher when extracted from the PPG compared to the ECG. Although we found a significant correlation of anxiety and the decrease in HRV from LAB to MRI, a familiarization session did not change the HRV outcome. Our results suggest that psychological factors are less influential on the HRV outcome during MRI than the methodological choice of the cardiac signal to analyze.
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author Andy Schumann
Stefanie Suttkus
Karl-Jürgen Bär
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title Estimating Resting HRV during fMRI: A Comparison between Laboratory and Scanner Environment
title_short Estimating Resting HRV during fMRI: A Comparison between Laboratory and Scanner Environment
title_full Estimating Resting HRV during fMRI: A Comparison between Laboratory and Scanner Environment
title_fullStr Estimating Resting HRV during fMRI: A Comparison between Laboratory and Scanner Environment
title_full_unstemmed Estimating Resting HRV during fMRI: A Comparison between Laboratory and Scanner Environment
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