Wearable Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
June 19, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
Magnetoencephalography is a technology that measures electrical transmission within the brain based on tiny (i.e. tens of femtoTesla) changes in the magnetic fields cells generate when experiencing an impulse. Physicists at the University of Nottingham and University College London have designed a wearable helmet that captures MEG data from, say, a Parkinson’s or an epileptic brain. While the helmet is small and allows movement during an application, the scientists built Magnetic coils around the examination room to cancel out the interference of the earth’s magnetic field. MORE WITH VIDEO
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