MEG (Introduction)

For the Martinos Center, the 1990s were largely defined by the ongoing development and refinement of MRI techniques: the application of functional MRI, the introduction of new image analysis tools and the pursuit of higher field strengths. But this was by no means the only area of inquiry in the Center. Especially in the latter part of the decade, Martinos researchers sought to combine functional MRI with other imaging modalities in ways that would provide more robust information than could be acquired with either of the modalities alone. Eventually, the Center would begin to build research programs around the additional technologies. The first of these: magnetoencephalography, or MEG.