IFCN-endorsed practical guidelines for clinical magnetoencephalography (MEG)

Highlights • The main principles of magnetoencephalography (MEG) and the value of combined MEG and EEG are discussed.• Established and some potential future clinical applications of MEG are reviewed.• Practical guidelines for clinical MEG examinations are presented.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Clinical Neurophysiology

• Publication date

  2018-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.03.042PMID 29724661PMCID 6045462
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