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Design of a light stimulator for fetal and neonatal magnetoencephalography

J D Wilson1, A J Adams2, P Murphy3, H Eswaran3 and H Preissl3,4

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The design, safety analysis and performance of a fetal visual stimulation system suitable for fetal and neonatal magnetoencephalography studies are presented. The issue of fetal, neonatal and maternal safety is considered and the maximum permissible exposure is computed for the maternal skin and the adult eye. The risk for neonatal eye exposure is examined. It is demonstrated that the fetus, neonate and mother are not at risk.


PACS

87.80.-y Biophysical techniques (research methods)

85.25.Dq Superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs)

87.50.C- Static and low-frequency electric and magnetic fields effects

42.66.Ct Anatomy and optics of eye

Subjects

Superconductivity

Instrumentation and measurement

Optics, quantum optics and lasers

Medical physics

Biological physics

Dates

Issue 1 (January 2009)

Received 12 August 2008, accepted for publication 24 November 2008

Published 22 December 2008



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