Whole-head optically-pumped room-temperature magnetoencephalography (OPMEG) (ARC LIEF administered by The University of Melbourne) (2023–2024)
Abstract:
This project aims to set up the first whole-head room-temperature Magnetoencephalography (OP-MEG) imaging
facility in the southern hemisphere. This will introduce new capabilities to the Australian human brain imaging
community by enabling 1) more ecologically-valid experimentation where participants can freely move, and 2)
unprecedented spatio-temporal resolution of non-invasive recordings from deeper brain regions involved in
critical brain functions such as learning and memory. This project adds to the already excellent existing
capabilities in human brain imaging in Australia bringing novel imaging approaches across interdisciplinary
research programs in neuroscience, bioengineering, physics and psychology.