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Quantum sensors monitor brain development in children
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Margot Taylor – director of functional neuroimaging at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children – is our first guest in this podcast. She explains how she uses optically-pumped magnetometers (OPMs) to do magnetoencephalography (MEG) studies of brain development in children.
An OPM uses quantum spins within an atomic gas to detect the tiny magnetic fields produced by the brain. Unlike other sensors used for MEG, which must be kept at cryogenic temperatures, OPMs can be deployed at room temperature in a simple helmet that puts the sensors very close to the scalp.
The OPM-MEG helmets are made by Cerca Magnetics and the UK-based company’s managing director joins the conversation to explain how the technology works. David Woolger also talks about the success the company has enjoyed since its inception in 2020.
Our final guest in this podcast is Stuart Nicol, who is chief investment officer at Quantum Exponential – a UK-based company that invests in quantum start-ups. He gives his perspective on the medical sector, talks about a company called Siloton that is making a crucial eye-imaging technology more accessible.
- This podcast was recorded at the Commercialising Quantum 2024 conference.
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Manage episode 434430166 series 2352990
Margot Taylor – director of functional neuroimaging at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children – is our first guest in this podcast. She explains how she uses optically-pumped magnetometers (OPMs) to do magnetoencephalography (MEG) studies of brain development in children.
An OPM uses quantum spins within an atomic gas to detect the tiny magnetic fields produced by the brain. Unlike other sensors used for MEG, which must be kept at cryogenic temperatures, OPMs can be deployed at room temperature in a simple helmet that puts the sensors very close to the scalp.
The OPM-MEG helmets are made by Cerca Magnetics and the UK-based company’s managing director joins the conversation to explain how the technology works. David Woolger also talks about the success the company has enjoyed since its inception in 2020.
Our final guest in this podcast is Stuart Nicol, who is chief investment officer at Quantum Exponential – a UK-based company that invests in quantum start-ups. He gives his perspective on the medical sector, talks about a company called Siloton that is making a crucial eye-imaging technology more accessible.
- This podcast was recorded at the Commercialising Quantum 2024 conference.
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