Pediatric Magnetoencephalography in Clinical Practice and Research

Christos Papadelis; Yu-Han Chen

doi:10.1016/j.nic.2020.02.002

Pediatric Magnetoencephalography in Clinical Practice and Research

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2020 May;30(2):239-248. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2020.02.002. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

Authors

Christos Papadelis¹, Yu-Han Chen²

Affiliations

¹ Jane and John Justin Neuroscience Center, Cook Children's Health Care System, 1500 Cooper Street, Fort Worth, TX 76104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine, Fort Worth, TX, USA; Laboratory of Children's Brain Dynamics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: christos.papadelis@cookchildrens.org.
² Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, CSH115, Department of Radiology, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

Abstract

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a noninvasive neuroimaging technique that measures the electromagnetic fields generated by the human brain. This article highlights the benefits that pediatric MEG has to offer to clinical practice and pediatric research, particularly for infants and young children; reviews the existing literature on adult MEG systems for pediatric use; briefly describes the few pediatric MEG systems currently extant; and draws attention to future directions of research, with focus on the clinical use of MEG for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Keywords: Epilepsy; Interictal spikes; Magnetic source imaging; Source localization.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain Mapping
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Magnetoencephalography*
Pediatrics*
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*

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