Hari, R;
Baillet, S;
Barnes, G;
Burgess, R;
Forss, N;
Gross, J;
Hämäläinen, M;
... Taulu, S; + view all
(2018)
IFCN-endorsed practical guidelines for clinical magnetoencephalography (MEG).
Clinical Neurophysiology
, 129
(8)
pp. 1720-1747.
10.1016/j.clinph.2018.03.042.
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Abstract
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) records weak magnetic fields outside the human head and thereby provides millisecond-accurate information about neuronal currents supporting human brain function. MEG and electroencephalography (EEG) are closely related complementary methods and should be interpreted together whenever possible. This manuscript covers the basic physical and physiological principles of MEG and discusses the main aspects of state-of-the-art MEG data analysis. We provide guidelines for best practices of patient preparation, stimulus presentation, MEG data collection and analysis, as well as for MEG interpretation in routine clinical examinations. In 2017, about 200 whole-scalp MEG devices were in operation worldwide, many of them located in clinical environments. Yet, the established clinical indications for MEG examinations remain few, mainly restricted to the diagnostics of epilepsy and to preoperative functional evaluation of neurosurgical patients. We are confident that the extensive ongoing basic MEG research indicates potential for the evaluation of neurological and psychiatric syndromes, developmental disorders, and the integrity of cortical brain networks after stroke. Basic and clinical research is, thus, paving way for new clinical applications to be identified by an increasing number of practitioners of MEG.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | IFCN-endorsed practical guidelines for clinical magnetoencephalography (MEG) |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.03.042 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2018.03.042 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2018 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Magnetoencephalography, Electroencephalography, Clinical neurophysiology, Evoked and event-related responses, Transient and steady-state responses, Spontaneous brain activity, Neural oscillations, Analysis and interpretation, Artifacts, Source modeling, Epilepsy, Preoperative evaluation, Stroke, Pain, Traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, Hepatic encephalopathy, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Brain maturation and development, Dyslexia, Guidelines |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Imaging Neuroscience |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10052737 |
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