Non-invasive assessment of the heart function in unshielded clinical environment by SQUID gradiometry

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 385-388

  Brazdeikis, A ^a   Xue, Y Y ^a   Chu, C W ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomagnetism; Gradiometers; Magnetocardiographic signals; Superconducting quantum Interference device (SQUID)

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BIOMAGNETISM;

SQUIDS;

EID: 0041941499     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.813861     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. H. Koch; "SQUID magnetocardiography: Status and perspectives," IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., vol. 11, pp. 49-59, 2001.
2. H. J. M. ter Brake, A. P. Rijpma, J. G. Stinstra, J. Borgmann, H. J. Holland, H. J. G. Krooshoop, M. J. peters, J. Flokstra, H. W. P. Quartero, and H. Rogalla, "Fetal magnetocardiography: Clinical relevance and feasibility," Physica C, vol. 368, pp. 10-17, 2002.
3. H. Hänninen, P. Takala, M. Mäkijärvi, J. Montonen, P. Korhonen, L. Oikarinen, J. Nenonen, T. Katila, and L. Toivonen, "Detection of exercise-induced myocardiac ischemia by multichannel magnetocardiography in single vessel coronary artery disease," Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiography, vol. 5, pp. 147-157, 2000.
4. H. Koch, "Mature SQUID systems and their applications," IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., vol. 7, pp. 3738-3743, 1997.
5. M. Bick, K. Sternickel, G. Panaitov, A. Effern, Y. Zhang, and H. -J. Krause, "SQUID gradiometry for magnetocardiography using different noise cancellation techniques," IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., vol. 11, pp. 673-676, 2001.
6. S. J. Williamson, M. Pellizone, Y. Okada, L. Kaufman, D. B. Crum, and J. R. Marsden, "Five channel SQUID installation for unshielded neuromagnetic measurements," in Biomagnetism: Applications and Theory, H. Weinberg, G. Stroink, and T. Katila, Eds. New York, 1985, pp. 46-51.
7. A. Matlashov, Y. Zhuravlev, A. Lipovich, A. Alexandrov, E. Mazaev, V. Slobodchikov, and O. Washiewski, "Electronic noise suppression in multi-channel neuromagnetic system," in Advances in Biomagnetism, S. J. Williamson, M. Hoke, G. Stroink, and M. Kotani, Eds. New York, 1989, pp. 7725-7728.
8. P. Takala, H. Hänninen, J. Montonen, M. Mäkijärvi, J. Nenonen, L. Oikarinen, K. Simelius, L. Toivonen, and T. Katila, "Magnetocardiographic and electrocardiographic exercise mapping in healthy subjects," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 29, pp. 501-509, 2001.
9. H. Öktem, "Preprocessing and Parameters Extraction Algorithms for Diagnostic Analysis of EMCG,", Tampere University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Finland, 1998.
10. A. Brazdeikis, A. A. Taylor, J. J. Mahmarian, Y. Xue, and C. W. Chu, "Comparison of magnetocardiograms acquired in unshielded clinical environment at rest, during and after exercise and in conjunction with myocardial perfusion imaging," in Proc. 13th International Conf. Biomagnetism, Berlin: VDE Verlag GmbH, 2002, pp. 530-532.