Magnetoencephalography and its Achilles' heel

Journal of Physiology, Paris
B Lütkenhöner

Abstract

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) has practically unlimited temporal resolution. Fundamental physical reasons, however, restrict the capability of MEG to separate simultaneously active sources. After a brief tutorial introduction into MEG, various aspects of spatial resolution are reviewed with the help of examples. First the estimation of a single current dipole is examined. A consideration of the resolution field shows that the spatial selectivity of the estimated dipole moment is highly dependent on methodological issues. A subsequent consideration of various two-dipole configurations illustrates how the topography of the magnetic field depends on the distance between the two dipoles and their relative orientations. The resolution fields associated with the estimation of the dipole moments reveal a strong interference for closely spaced dipoles. A simple model suggests that the standard deviations of the estimated moments are inversely proportional to the distance of the dipoles. Spatial information provided by techniques like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) could help to overcome problems resulting from the limited spatial resolution of MEG (multimodal integration). But a straightforward synthesis, according to the ...Continue Reading

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