SQUID Arrays for Simultaneous Magnetic Measurements: Calibration and Source Localization Performance

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 551-560

  Ribeiro, Paulo Costa ^a   Williamson, Samuel J ^b   Kaufman, Lloyd ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

BIOMAGNETIC SENSORS; JOSEPHSON DEVICE MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS; SQUID ARRAYS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BIOMAGNETISM; BRAIN; METHODOLOGY; SENSOR;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; MAGNETICS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUANTUM THEORY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0024044065     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.4584     Document Type: Article

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