Clinical Magnetoencephalography and Magnetic Source Imaging

Andrew C. Papanicolaou is Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.

Preface; Part I. The Method: 1. Basic concepts; 2. The nature and origin of magnetic signals; 3. Recording the magnetic flux; 4. Overview of MSI using the single equivalent current dipole (ECD) model as an example; 5. The fundamental problems of MSI; 6. Head models; 7. Source models - discrete source models; 8. Source models - distributed source models; 9. Source models - beamformers; 10. Pragmatic features of the clinical use of MEG/MSI; References; Part II. Spontaneous Brain Activity: 11. MEG recordings of spontaneous brain activity - general considerations; 12. Normal spontaneous MEG frequently encountered artefacts; 13. Spontaneous MEG morphology; 14. Abnormal spontaneous MEG; 15. Contributions of MEG to the surgical management of epilepsy - general considerations; 16. MEG investigations in lesional epilepsies; 17. MEG investigations in nonlesional epilepsies; 18. Pediatric nonlesional epilepsy surgery; References; Part III. Evoked Magnetic Fields: 19. Recording evoked magnetic fields (EMFs); 20. Somatosensory evoked fields (SEFs); 21. Movement-related magnetic fields (MRFs) - motor evoked fields (MEFs); 22. Auditory evoked magnetic fields (AEFs); 23. Visual evoked magnetic fields (VEFs); 24. Language-related brain magnetic fields (LRFs); 25. Alternative techniques for evoked magnetic field data - future directions; References; Postscript: Future applications of clinical MEG; Overview; Normal aging and neurodegenerative disorders; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Psychiatric disorders; Neurological disorders; Functional reorganization; References; Index.