A whole-head magnetoencephalography system with compact axial gradiometer structure

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Lee, Y H ^a   Yu, K K ^a   Kwon, H ^a   Kim, J M ^a   Kim, K ^a   Park, Y K ^a   Yang, H C ^b   Chen, K L ^b   Yang, S Y ^c   Horng, H E ^c  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL GRADIOMETER; BRAIN MAGNETIC FIELDS; CHANNEL SYSTEMS; COMPACT STRUCTURES; COMPENSATION COIL; DIRECT BONDING; DOUBLE RELAXATION OSCILLATION SQUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; EXTERNAL FIELDS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FIRST-ORDER; GRADIOMETER; GRADIOMETERS; HUMAN BRAIN; MAGNETIC FIELD NOISE; MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED ROOM; PICK-UP COILS; READOUT ELECTRONICS; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE; TECHNICAL FEATURES; TOTAL LENGTH; TWO LAYERS; VOLTAGE TRANSFER; WALL THICKNESS;

ALUMINA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HELIUM; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NIOBIUM; READOUT SYSTEMS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; WIRE;

SQUIDS;

EID: 67650739246     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/22/4/045023     Document Type: Article

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