TEION KOGAKU (Journal of Cryogenics and Superconductivity Society of Japan)
Online ISSN : 1880-0408
Print ISSN : 0389-2441
ISSN-L : 0389-2441
Clinical Application of a Multichannel SQUID Magnetometer System
Nobukazu NAKASATOTakashi YOSHIMOTO
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1995 Volume 30 Issue 11 Pages 489-494

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Abstract
Recent developments of multichannel SQUID magnetometer systems enabled us to perform magnetoencephalography (MEG) as a means of non-invasive functional brain mapping in patients. In this review, clinical applications of somatosensory, auditory and visual evoked magnetic fields are described. For the source estimation, current dipole models were used in a sphere approximated from the head shape of each subject as determined by MRI. Localization errors of sources in the multimodal evoked responses were evaluated as low as 2 to 3mm when related to cerebral structures. Further developments of clinical MEG systems are discussed.
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