According to certain embodiments of the present invention, there is
provided a mounting arrangement for a magnetoencephalography (MEG) system
headrest assembly forming a portion of a SQUID dewar and having a fixed
headrest and an array of sensors, wherein a sensor array plate positions
the sensors relative to the headset. A plurality of first rods
interconnecting the array plate and the movable mounting member. A
plurality of second rods are fixed at one of their ends relative to the
dewar and are connected at their opposite ends to the movable mounting
member. Each one of the first and second rods is composed of material
expandable and contractible with changes in temperature, whereby the
movable mounting member tends to be moved in one direction toward or away
from the sensor array plate, and tends to be moved in an opposite
direction away from or toward the array plate, resulting in temperature
changes affecting the first and second rods, so that the sensor array
plate and its sensors maintain a substantially constant spacing between
the sensors and the headrest with changes in temperature. A plurality of
second rods are fixed at one of their ends relative to the dewar and are
connected at their opposite Each one o the rods is composed of material
expandible and contractable with changes in temperature, whereby the
movable mounting member tends to be moved in one direction toward or away
from the sensor array plate, and tends to be moved in an opposite
direction away from or toward the array plate resulting in temperature
changes affecting the first and second rods, so that the sensor array
plate and its sensors maintain a substantially constant spacing between
the sensors and and headrest with changes in temperature.