SQUID sensor array configurations for magnetoencephalography applications

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Vrba, J ^a   Robinson, S E ^a  

^a VSM MedTech Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY (MEG);

SQUIDS;

EID: 0036740478     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/15/9/201     Document Type: Review

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