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• Magnetoencephalography (MEG) – Motivation
– The MIT Lincoln Lab MEG System
Outline
Brain Science
The human brain is the most complicated biological structure in the
known universe. We’ve only just scratched the surface in
understanding how it works – or, unfortunately, doesn’t quite work
when disorders and disease occur.
- NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
USA China International
Brain Science
The Magnetoencephalography Signal
Electroencephalography
Magnetoencephalography
Neurons
• Neurons communicate via transient electrical signals.
• Bulk neuronal activity creates detectable signals.
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Clinical Brain Imaging Methods
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Safety and Comfort
Full-Brain Imaging
Time Resolution
(f)MRI X-ray CT SPECT PET EEG MEG
E. Lin and A. Alessio, Journal of Cardiovascular Computed
Tomography 3, 403 (2009).
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MEG Visualized
Courtesy of S. Pursiainen, Inverse Problems research group at
Tampere University of Technology. Created using Zeffiro Interface
©.
Data and visualization from MNE software package using sample data
(citation below).
A. Gramfort, M. Luessi, E. Larson, D. Engemann, D. Strohmeier, C.
Brodbeck, R. Goj, M. Jas, T. Brooks, L. Parkkonen, M. Hämäläinen,
MEG and EEG data analysis with MNE-Python, Frontiers in
Neuroscience, Volume 7, 2013, ISSN 1662-453X
Slowed down 20x
Inferred dipole sources
The History of Magnetoencephalography (at MIT)
Dr. David Cohen, MIT “The Father of Biomagnetometry”
Early magnetoencephalography (1971) seen by Cohen et al.
D. Cohen, Science 175, 664 (1972).; A. H. Silver and J. E.
Zimmerman, Physical Review 157, 317 (1967).
www.davidcohen.mit.edu.
Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)
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Magnetoencephalography Today
Elekta Neuromag®
SQUID: Superconducting Quantum Interference Device
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Clinical MEG
S. M. Stufflebeam, Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 22, 153
(2011). S. P. Ahlfors and M. Mody, Organizational Research Methods
22, 95 (2016).
Localization of Epileptic Spikes within the Brain
Identification of Abnormally Functioning Areas
Disease Identification and Localization
• Magnetoencephalography (MEG) – Motivation
– The MIT Lincoln Lab MEG System
Outline
Magnetic Field Scales
Superconducting MRI1 magnet
Magnetic Field (Tesla)
Urban magnetic noise
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Quantum Sensors: Nitrogen-Vacancies in Diamond
Diamond
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Advantages of a Solid State Device
No Vacuum
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Superb Precision Measurement Capability
N. Poli, C. W. Oates, P. Gill, and G. M. Tino, La Rivista Del Nuovo
Cimento 036, 555 (2013).
Fixed Crystallographic Axes (Reliable Vector Sensitivity)
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MIT LL Unique Diamond Technology Platform
RF Engineering
X (mm)
y (m
Diamond Engineering
1EPR: Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; 2PL:
Photoluminescence spectroscopy; 3FTIR: Fourier-transform infrared
spectroscopy
Commercial Diamond
MIT LL Shield System
C. Wang, X. Zhang, X. Qu, X. Pan, G. Fang, and L. Chen, Sensors 16,
2168 (2016).
Shielded Room: $1M MIT LL Shields: < $50k
Gradiometer → Unshielded Measurement
Technology Outlook
Acknowledgements
Back: John Barry, Alex Zhang, Erik Eisenach, Matt Steinecker, Mike
O’Keeffe Front: Linh Pham, Jonah Majumder, Erik Thompson, Danielle
Braje, Alexandra Day, Chuck Wuorio Not pictured: Christopher Foy,
Scott Alsid, Reggie Wilcox
Mass General Hospital
Seppo AhlforsMatti Hämäläinen
Energy Levels of the Nitrogen-Vacancy Center
Zero-field splitting
Inherent Vector Sensitivity
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Pushing the Nitrogen-Vacancy’s Sensitivity
COTS Diamond MIT LL Diamond
MIT LL Unpublished 2019
Outline
Magnetoencephalography Today
Clinical MEG
Advantages of a Solid State Device
MIT LL Unique Diamond Technology Platform
Diamond Engineering
Inherent Vector Sensitivity