Synthetic gradiometer systems for MEG

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 4063-4068

  Fife, A A ^a   Vrba, J ^a   Robinson, S E ^a   Anderson, G ^a   Betts, K ^a   Burbank, M B ^a   Cheyne, D ^a   Cheung, T ^a   Govorkov, S ^a   Haid, G ^a   Haid, V ^a   Hunter, C ^a   Kubik, P R ^a   Lee, S ^a   McKay, J ^a   Reichl, E ^a   Schroyen, C ^a   Sekachev, I ^a   Spear, P ^a   Taylor, B ^a   Tillotson, M ^a   Sutherling, W ^a   more..

^a CTF Systems Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; SENSORS; SQUIDS; WHITE NOISE;

MAGNETIC SIGNALS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPH; NEAR FIELD SENSITIVITY; NOISE CANCELLATION; SYNTHETIC GRADIOMETER SYSTEMS;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 0032655595     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.783919     Document Type: Article

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