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MEG · Millisecond magnetic fields that map cortical dynamics noninvasively.

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Open questions still driving MEG research.

Tech and ethics sit beside mechanism.

Open questions

Open question 1

An active debate about magnetic temporal mapping.

Open question 2

An active debate about magnetic temporal mapping.

Open question 3

An active debate about magnetic temporal mapping.

Open question 4

An active debate about magnetic temporal mapping.

Open question 5

An active debate about magnetic temporal mapping.

Technology

Technology 1

An emerging approach for MEG.

Technology 2

An emerging approach for MEG.

Technology 3

An emerging approach for MEG.

Technology 4

An emerging approach for MEG.

Technology 5

An emerging approach for MEG.

Ethics

Ethics 1

An ethical tension around magnetic temporal mapping.

Ethics 2

An ethical tension around magnetic temporal mapping.

Ethics 3

An ethical tension around magnetic temporal mapping.

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Sources & research

  1. Magnetoencephalography: theory, instrumentation, and applicationsHämäläinen M; et al. · 1993 · Reviews of Modern PhysicsDOI
  2. MEG and EEG data analysis with MNE-PythonGramfort A; et al. · 2013 · Frontiers in NeuroscienceDOIPubMed
  3. What does MEG measure?Baillet S · 2017 · Nature Reviews NeuroscienceDOI

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