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Stephen E Robinson¹, Amaia Benitez Andonegui¹, Tom Holroyd¹

¹MEG Core Facility, NIMH/NIH, Bethesda, MD.

|August 15, 2022

Summary

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Dynamic Field Compensation (DFC) minimizes magnetoencephalogram (MEG) measurement errors by using reference sensors to maintain a zero magnetic field at optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) sensors. This method ensures accurate brain activity recordings even with ambient field fluctuations.

Keywords:

Cross-axis projection error Dynamic field compensation Linearity Magnetoencephalography Optically pumped magnetometer Synthetic gradiometer

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Background:

Magnetoencephalogram (MEG) recordings require precise magnetic field measurements.
Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPMs) offer high sensitivity but are susceptible to ambient magnetic field fluctuations and cross-axis projection errors (CAPE).
Existing closed-loop OPM operation can increase noise and present engineering challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and validate the Dynamic Field Compensation (DFC) method for OPM-based MEG.
To mitigate errors caused by ambient field fluctuations and CAPE in OPM sensor arrays.
To enable precise and stable MEG measurements in typical laboratory environments.

Main Methods:

Implementation of a DFC system using three orthogonal reference magnetometers.
Dynamically driving transverse field coils on each OPM sensor to maintain a null field.
Utilizing reference sensors for synthesizing 1st-gradient response to further reduce field effects.

Main Results:

DFC successfully maintains a dynamic null field across all three axes of OPM sensors.
The DFC method significantly attenuates CAPE and sensor gain errors.
Achieved magnetic field measurement errors below 0.7% in the presence of several nT ambient field perturbations.

Conclusions:

DFC is an effective method for enhancing the precision and stability of OPM-based MEG systems.
The DFC method, combined with closed-loop operation, addresses key limitations of OPM sensors in fluctuating fields.
This technique facilitates more reliable and accurate measurements of brain activity.