| Zugriffsnummer | 37239 |
| Dokumenttyp | Konferenzartikel |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Titel | Towards direct neuronal current imaging via ultra-low-field MR |
| Autor(in); Institution |
Höfner, Nora; 8.2, Biosignale, PTB-Berlin
Körber, Rainer; 8.2, Biosignale, PTB-Berlin
Burghoff, Martin; 8.2, Biosignale, PTB-Berlin
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| Quelle/Jahr | Innovationen bei der Erfassung und Analyse bioelektrischer und biomagnetischer Signale : Workshop Biosignalverarbeitung 2016:(2016), 94 - 95 |
| Verlag | Berlin: |
| Konferenzangaben | Workshop Biosignal Processing 2016, Berlin, 7-8, April, 2016, GERMANY |
| Freie Schlagworte | current dipole phantom ; long lasting neuronal activity ; low-field MR ; neuronal current imaging |
| Zusammenfassung | The feasibility of using ultra-low-field magnetic resonance (ULF MR) for direct neuronal current imaging (NCI) is investigated by phantom measurements. The aim of NCI is to improve the current localization accuracy for neuronal activity of established methods like electroencephalography (EEG) or magnetoencephalography (MEG) (~1 cm). A measurement setup was developed addressing the main challenge of reaching the necessary sensitivity in order to possibly resolve the faint influence of neuronal magnetic fields on 1H nuclear spin precession. Phantom measurements close to physiology conditions are performed simulating a specific long-lasting neuronal activity evoked in the secondary somatosensory cortex showing that the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the setup needs to be further increased by at least a factor of 2. |
