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Triaxial detection of the neuromagnetic field using optically-pumped magnetometry: feasibility and application in children (2022)
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Optically-pumped magnetometers (OPMs) are an established alternative to superconducting sensors for magnetoencephalography (MEG), offering significant advantages including flexibility to accommodate any head size, uniform coverage, free movement duri... Read More about Triaxial detection of the neuromagnetic field using optically-pumped magnetometry: feasibility and application in children.

Practical real-time MEG-based neural interfacing with optically pumped magnetometers (2021)
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Background: Brain-computer interfaces decode intentions directly from the human brain with the aim to restore lost functionality, control external devices or augment daily experiences. To combine optimal performance with wide applicability, high-qual... Read More about Practical real-time MEG-based neural interfacing with optically pumped magnetometers.

Magnetic Field Mapping and Correction for Moving OP-MEG (2021)
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Background: Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) have made moving, wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG) possible. The OPMs typically used for MEG require a low background magnetic field to operate, which is achieved using both passive and active ma... Read More about Magnetic Field Mapping and Correction for Moving OP-MEG.

Precision magnetic field modelling and control for wearable magnetoencephalography (2021)
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Optically-pumped magnetometers (OPMs) are highly sensitive, compact magnetic field sensors, which offer a viable alternative to cryogenic sensors (superconducting quantum interference devices – SQUIDs) for magnetoencephalography (MEG). With the promi... Read More about Precision magnetic field modelling and control for wearable magnetoencephalography.

Parametric Assessment of the Effect of Cochlear Implant Positioning on Brain MRI Artefacts at 3 T (2021)
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Background:Brain magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cochlear implants (CIs) is impacted by image artefacts.Hypothesis:The optimal positioning of the CI to minimize artefacts is unknown. This study aimed to characterize the dependence of the... Read More about Parametric Assessment of the Effect of Cochlear Implant Positioning on Brain MRI Artefacts at 3 T.

Beta-frequency electrophysiological bursts: BOLD correlates and relationships with psychotic illness (2021)
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Planar Coil Optimization in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder (2021)
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Hybrid magnetic shields with both active field generating components and high-permeability magnetic shielding are increasingly needed for various technologies and experiments that require precision-controlled magnetic field environments. However, the... Read More about Planar Coil Optimization in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder.

Theoretical advantages of a triaxial optically pumped magnetometer magnetoencephalography system (2021)
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The optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) is a viable means to detect magnetic fields generated by human brain activity. Compared to conventional detectors (superconducting quantum interference devices) OPMs are small, lightweight, flexible, and operat... Read More about Theoretical advantages of a triaxial optically pumped magnetometer magnetoencephalography system.

Calibration-free regional RF shims for MRS (2021)
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Purpose: Achieving a desired RF transmit field (B1+) in small regions-of-interest (ROIs) is critical for single-voxel MR spectroscopy at ultra-high field. RF shimming, using parallel transmission, requires B1+ mapping and optimisation, which limits i... Read More about Calibration-free regional RF shims for MRS.

Measuring the cortical tracking of speech with optically-pumped magnetometers (2021)
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Operculo-Insular and Anterior Cingulate Plasticity Induced by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Human Motor Cortex: A Dynamic Casual Modelling Study (2021)
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The ability to induce neuroplasticity with non-invasive brain stimulation techniques offers a unique opportunity to examine the human brain systems involved in pain modulation. In experimental and clinical settings, the primary motor cortex (M1) is c... Read More about Operculo-Insular and Anterior Cingulate Plasticity Induced by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Human Motor Cortex: A Dynamic Casual Modelling Study.

Probing the myelin water compartment with a saturation-recovery, multi-echo gradient-recalled echo sequence (2021)
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Purpose: To investigate the effect of varying levels of (Formula presented.) -weighting on the evolution of the complex signal from white matter in a multi-echo gradient-recalled echo (mGRE) saturation-recovery sequence. Theory and Methods: Analysis... Read More about Probing the myelin water compartment with a saturation-recovery, multi-echo gradient-recalled echo sequence.

Measuring functional connectivity with wearable MEG (2021)
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Regional Brain Correlates of Beta Bursts in Health and Psychosis: A Concurrent Electroencephalography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study (2020)
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Background: There is emerging evidence for abnormal beta oscillations in psychosis. Beta oscillations are likely to play a key role in the coordination of sensorimotor information that is crucial to healthy mental function. Growing evidence suggests... Read More about Regional Brain Correlates of Beta Bursts in Health and Psychosis: A Concurrent Electroencephalography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

Optimal Inverse Design of Magnetic Field Profiles in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder (2020)
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Magnetic shields that use both active and passive components to enable the generation of a tailored low-field environment are required for many applications in science, engineering, and medical imaging. Until now, accurate field nulling, or field gen... Read More about Optimal Inverse Design of Magnetic Field Profiles in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder.

Mouth magnetoencephalography: A unique perspective on the human hippocampus (2020)
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Traditional magnetoencephalographic (MEG) brain imaging scanners consist of a rigid sensor array surrounding the head; this means that they are maximally sensitive to superficial brain structures. New technology based on optical pumping means that we... Read More about Mouth magnetoencephalography: A unique perspective on the human hippocampus.

Multi-channel whole-head OPM-MEG: Helmet design and a comparison with a conventional system (2020)
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© 2020 The Authors Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a powerful technique for functional neuroimaging, offering a non-invasive window on brain electrophysiology. MEG systems have traditionally been based on cryogenic sensors which detect the small extr... Read More about Multi-channel whole-head OPM-MEG: Helmet design and a comparison with a conventional system.

The haemodynamics of the human placenta in utero (2020)
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© 2020 Dellschaft et al. We have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to provide important new insights into the function of the human placenta in utero. We have measured slow net flow and high net oxygenation in the placenta in vivo, which are cons... Read More about The haemodynamics of the human placenta in utero.

Modulating Brain Networks With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Over the Primary Motor Cortex: A Concurrent TMS/fMRI Study (2020)
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Stimulating the primary motor cortex (M1) using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) causes unique multisensory experience such as the targeted muscle activity, afferent/reafferent sensory feedback, tactile sensation over the scalp and “click” sou... Read More about Modulating Brain Networks With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Over the Primary Motor Cortex: A Concurrent TMS/fMRI Study.

A tool for functional brain imaging with lifespan compliance (2019)
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The human brain undergoes significant functional and structural changes in the first decades of life, as the foundations for human cognition are laid down. However, non-invasive imaging techniques to investigate brain function throughout neurodevelop... Read More about A tool for functional brain imaging with lifespan compliance.