DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING OPTICAL NOISE IN OPTICALLY PUMPED MAGNETOMETERS

    公开(公告)号:US20220299584A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17689669

    申请日:2022-03-08

    申请人: HI LLC

    IPC分类号: G01R33/26 A61B5/245

    摘要: A magnetic field measurement system includes a light source that emits a light beam; an optical fiber to transmit the light beam; a variable optical attenuator to increase stability of an intensity of the light beam; a beam splitter to divide the light beam into an OPM light beam and a monitor light beam; a monitor detector to detect the monitor light beam and generate a monitor signal; a vapor cell with alkali metal atoms disposed therein and configured for transmission of the OPM light beam through the vapor cell; an OPM detector to detect the OPM light beam after transmission through the vapor cell and generate an OPM signal; and a group delay filter to combine the monitor signal and the OPM signal to generate a reduced noise OPM signal, where the group delay filter accounts for a phase difference between the monitor signal and the OPM signal.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING BIOMAGNETIC FIELDS OF THE HUMAN HEART

    公开(公告)号:US20210369165A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17328315

    申请日:2021-05-24

    申请人: HI LLC

    摘要: A magnetocardiography (MCG) system includes a passively shielded enclosure having walls defining the passively shielded enclosure, each of the walls including passive magnetic shielding material to reduce an ambient background magnetic field within the passively shielded enclosure; an MCG measurement device including optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs); and active shield coils within the passively shielded enclosure and stationary relative to the passively shielded enclosure and the MCG measurement device, wherein the active shield coils are configured to further reduce the ambient background magnetic field within a user area of the passively shielded enclosure.

    NEURAL FEEDBACK LOOP FILTERS FOR ENHANCED DYNAMIC RANGE MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY (MEG) SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20200256929A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16752393

    申请日:2020-01-24

    申请人: HI LLC

    摘要: One embodiment is a magnetic field measurement system that includes at least one magnetometer having a vapor cell, a light source to direct light through the vapor cell, and a detector to receive light directed through the vapor cell; at least one magnetic field generator disposed adjacent the vapor cell; and a feedback circuit coupled to the at least one magnetic field generator and the detector of the at least one magnetometer. The feedback circuit includes at least one feedback loop that includes a first low pass filter with a first cutoff frequency. The feedback circuit is configured to compensate for magnetic field variations having a frequency lower than the first cutoff frequency. The first low pass filter rejects magnetic field variations having a frequency higher than the first cutoff frequency and provides the rejected magnetic field variations for measurement as an output of the feedback circuit.

    Systems and methods for recording neural activity

    公开(公告)号:US11779251B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-10

    申请号:US17328235

    申请日:2021-05-24

    申请人: HI LLC

    IPC分类号: A61B5/245 A61B5/00 G01R33/26

    摘要: A shielding arrangement for a magnetoencephalography (MEG) system includes a passively shielded enclosure having a plurality of walls defining the passively shielded enclosure, each of the plurality of walls including passive magnetic shielding material to reduce an ambient background magnetic field within the passively shielded enclosure; a vestibular wall extending from a first vertical wall to define, and at least partially separate, a vestibular area of the passively shielded enclosure adjacent the doorway and a user area of the passively shielded enclosure; and active shield coils distributed within the passively shielded enclosure and configured to further reduce the ambient background magnetic field within the user area of the passively shielded enclosure.

    Integrated magnetometer arrays for magnetoencephalography (MEG) detection systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11360164B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US16820131

    申请日:2020-03-16

    申请人: HI LLC

    IPC分类号: G01R33/26

    摘要: An array of optically pumped magnetometers includes a vapor cell arrangement having a wafer defining one or more cavities and alkali metal atoms disposed in the cavities to provide an alkali metal vapor; an array of light sources, each of the light sources arranged to illuminate a different portion of the one or more cavities of the vapor cell arrangement with light; at least one mirror arranged to reflect the light from the array of light sources after the light passes through the one or more cavities of the vapor cell arrangement; and an array of detectors to receive light reflected by the at least one mirror, wherein each of the detectors is arranged to receive light originating from one of the light sources.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING NEURAL ACTIVITY

    公开(公告)号:US20210369166A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17328235

    申请日:2021-05-24

    申请人: HI LLC

    IPC分类号: A61B5/245 A61B5/00 G01R33/26

    摘要: A shielding arrangement for a magnetoencephalography (MEG) system includes a passively shielded enclosure having a plurality of walls defining the passively shielded enclosure, each of the plurality of walls including passive magnetic shielding material to reduce an ambient background magnetic field within the passively shielded enclosure; a vestibular wall extending from a first vertical wall to define, and at least partially separate, a vestibular area of the passively shielded enclosure adjacent the doorway and a user area of the passively shielded enclosure; and active shield coils distributed within the passively shielded enclosure and configured to further reduce the ambient background magnetic field within the user area of the passively shielded enclosure.