Simon Fraser University’s ImageTech Lab at Surrey Memorial Hospital has acquired new know-how that can assist advance mind analysis and enhance our data of mind accidents and illness.

The newly put in TRIUX™ neo will assist researchers entry the newest high-density magnetoencephalography (MEG) know-how.The MEG is getting used with the lab’s 3T whole-body high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), making it the primary of its form in Western Canada to accommodate each applied sciences.

This know-how furthers the lab’s means to “carry out adult and pediatric scans with advanced capabilities,” notes a information launch from SFU Thursday (Oct 5).

“Having access to the latest MEG technologies offers unparalleled opportunities to watch the brain in action and empowers health researchers to make significant advances in the treatment of serious brain disorders and diseases,” Dugan O’Neil, SFU’s vice-president analysis, said in a information launch from SFU Thursday (Oct. 5).

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The extremely delicate know-how can present a direct measure of mind exercise.

“The new MEG offers the most precise information currently available for functional imaging children and adults, giving researchers new opportunities to study brain disorders and diseases, including brain injuries and tumors, epilepsy, autism, mental illness and more, including an ongoing national longitudinal study on Alzheimer’s disease,” notes a information launch from SFU Thursday (Oct 5).

Researchers from SFU’s Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (INN) already profit from the brand new MEG know-how, said INN director Randy McIntosh.

“The new technology will be used alongside the MRI to draw baseline data that measure brain function and structure to better understand genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors that impact the onset, progression and symptoms of dementia,” McIntosh mentioned.

SFU ImageTech Lab, is a “world-class clinical research facility” in response to a information launch from SFU, was unveiled by SFU and Fraser Health in September 2018.

A key characteristic of the MEG is its inner helium recyclers. This considerably reduces prices and provide sources and aligns with SFU’s sustainability targets. “MEGIN’s new model eliminates the need to refill helium by circulating it in a closed cycle,” said in a information launch from SFU Thursday (Oct. 5).

-With information from Lauren Collins