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ArticleNeuroImage2023

Real-time, model-based magnetic field correction for moving, wearable MEG.

Stephanie Mellor, Tim M Tierney, Robert A Seymour, Ryan C Timms, George C O'Neill, Nicholas Alexander, Meaghan E Spedden, Heather Payne, Gareth R Barnes

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Article in NeuroImage, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Wearable Magnetoencephalography in a Lightly Shielded Environment.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2025
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  9. Determining sensor geometry and gain in a wearable MEG system.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Stephanie MellorWellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK. Electronic address: stephanie.mellor.17@ucl.ac.uk.
Tim M TierneyWellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
Robert A SeymourWellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
Ryan C TimmsWellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
George C O'NeillWellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
Nicholas AlexanderWellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
Meaghan E SpeddenWellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
Heather PayneWellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
Gareth R BarnesWellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.

Funding

Department of HealthWellcome Trust 203147/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 203257/B/16/ZWellcome Trust 203257/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 210567/Z/18/ZWellcome Trust 223736/Z/21/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most neuroimaging techniques require the participant to remain still for reliable recordings to be made. Optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) based magnetoencephalography (OP-MEG) however, is a neuroimaging technique which can be used to measure neural signals during large participant movement (approximately 1 m) within a magnetically shielded room (MSR) (Boto et al., 2018; Seymour et al., 2021). Nevertheless, environmental magnetic fields vary both spatially and temporally and OPMs can only operate within a limited magnetic field range, which constrains participant movement. Here we implement real-time updates to electromagnetic coils mounted on-board of the OPMs, to cancel out the changing background magnetic fields. The coil currents were chosen based on a continually updating harmonic model of the background magnetic field, effectively implementing homogeneous field correction (HFC) in real-time (Tierney et al., 2021). During a stationary, empty room recording, we show an improvement in very low frequency noise of 24 dB. In an auditory paradigm, during participant movement of up to 2 m within a magnetically shielded room, introduction of the real-time correction more than doubled the proportion of trials in which no sensor saturated recorded outside of a 50 cm radius from the optimally-shielded centre of the room. The main advantage of such model-based (rather than direct) feedback is that it could allow one to correct field components along unmeasured OPM axes, potentially mitigating sensor gain and calibration issues (Borna et al., 2022).

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MagnetoencephalographyWearable Electronic DevicesBrainHumansMagnetic FieldsMovementNeuroimagingAuditory evoked fieldMagnetic field correctionMagnetoencephalographyMEGOptically pumped magnetometerWalking OP-MEG

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PMID37437702
PMCPMC11157691

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