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  • Biomedical Engineering

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  • Electrophysiology of motor control is limited by imaging constraints.
  • Magnetoencephalography (MEG) offers temporal and spatial resolution but requires head immobilization.
  • Beta band activity (13-30 Hz) is crucial for motor control and occurs in bursts.

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  • To evaluate novel, room-temperature, wearable Helium optically pumped magnetometers (Helium-OPMs) for waveform-specific beta burst analysis.
  • To compare Helium-OPM performance with traditional SQUID-based MEG in a visuomotor task.
  • To assess the suitability of Helium-OPMs for detailed electrophysiological analysis of motor preparation and execution.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a novel pipeline for extracting and analyzing beta burst waveforms.
  • Quantified burst occurrence and modulation of specific waveform motifs.
  • Directly compared data acquired using Helium-OPMs and SQUID-MEG during a visuomotor task.

Main Results:

  • Identified specific beta burst waveform classes with robust, task-relevant modulations in burst rate.
  • Demonstrated high similarity in burst waveform shapes and their modulations between Helium-OPMs and SQUID-MEG.
  • Observed differences in overall time-frequency characteristics between the two modalities, but waveform analysis remained consistent.

Conclusions:

  • Helium-OPMs are validated for waveform-specific beta burst analysis, comparable to SQUID-MEG.
  • These wearable sensors enable high-quality electrophysiology in less restricted experimental paradigms.
  • Supports the use of Helium-OPMs for advanced motor control research and other neurophysiological investigations.