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Abstract #0161

OPM-MEG/ULF-MRI Hybrid System: towards acquisition of both MR image and neural magnetic field

Hiroyuki Ueda1, Takenori Oida2, Takahiro Moriya2, Akinori Saito2, Yosuke Ito1, and Motohiro Suyama2
1Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu, Japan

Synopsis

Keywords: Hybrid & Novel Systems Technology, Low-Field MRI

Motivation: To overcome the limitations of signal co-registration in MEG, we constructed MEG/MRI hybrid system.

Goal(s): To demonstrate feasibility of this system. High-sensitivity OPMs in a reasonable magnetic shield with MRI system.

Approach: Phantom experiments. Phantom includes triangle coil and MEG measures its magnetic field. MRI scanned this phantom with 3D-SE sequence.

Results: We recognized signal peak generated by 100 nAm current dipole moment in amplitude spectrum density visually. We also confirmed the structure of the phantom in 3D MR images.

Impact: We made MEG/MRI hybrid system for the purpose of accurate signal co-registration between them. MEG employed scalar-mode OPM, and its noise level was 367 fT/rHz. We scanned phantom using 7-mT MRI scanner and confirmed its structure.

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