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Functional localization based on measurements with a whole-head magnetometer system

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Whole-cortex magnetometers represent a significant methodological breakthrough in noninvasive studies of the brain's electrical activity. This paper describes our 122-channel instrument with planar gradiometers, methods to interpret its data, and gives a few examples of neuromagnetic studies.

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  1. Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, 02150, Espoo, Finland

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This paper describes work which is undertaken in our laboratory in a multidisciplinary team lead by Professors Olli V. Lounasmaa and Riitta Hari. I am grateful to Riitta Salmelin and Olli V. Lounasmaa for comments on this manuscript.

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Hämäläinen, M.S. Functional localization based on measurements with a whole-head magnetometer system. Brain Topogr 7, 283–289 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01195254

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