Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system.

ABSTRACT: Imaging human brain function with techniques such as magnetoencephalography typically requires a subject to perform tasks while their head remains still within a restrictive scanner. This artificial environment makes the technique inaccessible to many people, and limits the experimental questions that can be addressed. For example, it has been difficult to apply neuroimaging to investigation of the neural substrates of cognitive development in babies and children, or to study processes in adults that require unconstrained head movement (such as spatial navigation). Here we describe a magnetoencephalography system that can be worn like a helmet, allowing free and natural movement during scanning. This is possible owing to the integration of quantum sensors, which do not rely on superconduct

SUBMITTER: Boto E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6063354 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature