| Hankinnan lyhyt kuvaus | Aalto NeuroImaging (ANI) was established in 2013 to provide national, open-access functional human neuroimaging services at Aalto University within its focus areas of health and wellbeing as well as neuroscience and neurotechnology. ANI is hosted and administrated by the Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. ANI offers a unique, research-dedicated environment for functional neuroimaging in Finland: magnetoencephalography (MEG) at MEG Core, functional magnetic reso-nance imaging (fMRI) at Advanced Magnetic Imaging (AMI) Centre, navigated tran-scranial stimulation (nTMS) at Aalto TMS, and portable polygraphic monitoring methods at Aalto Behavioral Laboratory. ANI is one of Aalto University’s significant infrastructures. ANI is included on the roadmap for national infrastructures by the Academy of Finland in 2021–2024 as a member of the Finnish Biomedical Imaging (FiBI) node. FiBI is part of the of re-search infrastructure for imaging technologies in biological and biomedical sciences (EuBI-Fi). ANI offers MEG technology as its spearhead European-wide service via the FiBI node. ANI’s mission is to guarantee open access to the cutting-edge human neuroimaging technology. A critical upgrade of the MEG system at the MEG Core is needed. The upgrade is urgent due to the approaching end of life of the current MEG system and it is thus essential: (i) to ensure and enhance undisrupted use of the open-access, nation-wide collaborative platform at the unique, research-dedicated human neuroimaging centre; and (ii) to maintain and benefit from the unique expertise of the national re-search community that is a world-wide pioneering developer of MEG methods and applications. MEG Core plans to upgrade the existing MEG system with a state-of-the-art MEG system in 2022. Functional and technical requirements for the MEG system: - simultaneous MEG and EEG recordings; - 300 or more MEG channels; - continuous head position measurement; - continuous head movement compensation (offline); - supine and upright measurement positions; - 128 or more EEG channels; - 12 or more bipolar channels; - 16 or more triggering channels; - 12 or more analogue inputs; - both gradiometers and magnetometers; - noise level: average < 3.5 fT/Hz½ (magnetometers) < 3.5 fT/Hz½/cm (gradiome-ters); - support for an optional active compensation system; - state-of the-art MEG-compatible stimulators and monitoring devices. Requirements for training: - 1 week on-site MEG training directly after installation; - 1 week on-site follow-up training within 6 months after installation. Requirements for approvals, sustainability and service contract: - FDA and European (CE) approvals; - zero-boil-off helium recovery system with a proven track record on several sites; - recycling of the old MEG system according to Finnish legislation; - service contract for 5 years; - local service team with a next-working-day response time. |
