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Article Dans Une Revue IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Année : 2019

Magnetoencephalography With Optically Pumped He-4 Magnetometers at Ambient Temperature

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In this paper, we present the first proof of concept confirming the possibility to record magnetoencephalographic (MEG) signals with Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPMs) based on the parametric resonance of 4 He atoms. The main advantage of this kind of OPM is the possibility to provide a tri-axis vector measurement of the magnetic field at room-temperature (the 4 He vapor is neither cooled nor heated). The sensor achieves a sensitivity of 210 fT/√Hz in the bandwidth [2 Hz-300 Hz]. MEG simulation studies with a brain phantom were cross-validated with real MEG measurements on a healthy subject. For both studies, MEG signal was recorded consecutively with OPMs and Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) used as reference sensors. For healthy subject MEG recordings, three MEG proofs of concept were carried out: auditory and visual evoked fields (AEF, VEF), and spontaneous activity. M100 peaks have been detected on evoked responses recorded by both OPMs and SQUIDs with no significant difference in latency. Concerning spontaneous activity, an attenuation of the signal power between 8-12 Hz (alpha band) related to eyes opening has been observed with OPM similarly to SQUID. All these results confirm that the room temperature vector 4 He OPMs can record MEG signals and provide reliable information on brain activity. Index Terms-Optically pumped magnetometer, Helium 4, room temperature, vector measurement, magnetoencephalography, auditory evoked field, visual evoked field, spontaneous activity.
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hal-02350924 , version 1 (18-11-2019)

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Etienne Labyt, Marie-Constance Corsi, William Fourcault, Augustin Palacios Laloy, Francois Bertrand, et al.. Magnetoencephalography With Optically Pumped He-4 Magnetometers at Ambient Temperature. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2019, 38 (1), pp.90-98. ⟨10.1109/TMI.2018.2856367⟩. ⟨hal-02350924⟩
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