MCG Inverse Solution: Influence of Coil Size, Grid Size, Number of Coils, and SNR

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 573-576

  Abraham Fuchs, Klaus ^a   Schneider, Siegfried ^a   Reichenberger, Helmut ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS -- MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

GRADIOMETER COIL SIZE; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY (MCG); MCG INVERSE SOLUTION; MEASUREMENT GRID SIZE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; BIOMAGNETISM; DIPOLE; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HUMAN; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THORAX;

EID: 0024058909     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.4589     Document Type: Article

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