Magnetoencephalography with a chip-scale atomic magnetometer

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 981-990

  Sander, T H ^a   Preusser, J ^b   Mhaskar, R ^b,c   Kitching, J ^b   Trahms, L ^a   Knappe, S ^b,c  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNETOMETERS;

ALKALI ATOMS; CHIP-SCALE ATOMIC MAGNETOMETERS; HEALTHY HUMANS; HIGHER NOISE LEVELS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; SENSITIVE VOLUME; SENSOR HEAD; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; UNCOOLED;

MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863891694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.3.000981     Document Type: Article

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