An efficient magnetic tracking method using uniaxial sensing coil

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Song, Shuang ^a,b   Qiao, Wan ^a   Li, Baopu ^a,d   Hu, Chao ^a,c   Ren, Hongliang ^b   Meng, Max Q H ^d  

^a SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Guidance; magnetic dipole; magnetic tracking; positioning; uniaxial sensing

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; MAGNETIC TRACKING; POSITIONING; SIGNALS OF DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER; UNIAXIAL SENSING;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 84892422517     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2013.2273061     Document Type: Article

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