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Vector projection of biomagnetic fields.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15742724     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Biomagnetic measurements are increasingly popular as functional imaging techniques for the non-invasive assessment of electrically active tissue. Although most currently available magnetometers utilise only one component of the vector magnetic field, some studies have suggested the possibility of obtaining additional information from recordings of the full magnetic field vector. Three projection techniques were applied to different biomagnetic signals for analysis of the three orthogonal components of the vector magnetic field. Vector magnetic fields obtained from fetal cardiac activity were projected into evenly spaced directions around a unit sphere. The vector magnetic field recorded from multiple intestinal current sources with independent temporal frequencies was then projected. Finally, an external reference signal from an invasive electrode was used to project the recorded vector magnetic fields due to gastric electrical activity. In each case, it was found that the information obtained by examination of the projected magnetic field vectors gave superior clinical insight to that obtained by analysis of any single magnetic field component.
Authors:
L A Bradshaw; A Myers; W O Richards; W Drake; J P Wikswo
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Medical & biological engineering & computing     Volume:  43     ISSN:  0140-0118     ISO Abbreviation:  Med Biol Eng Comput     Publication Date:  2005 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-03-03     Completed Date:  2005-07-18     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7704869     Medline TA:  Med Biol Eng Comput     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  85-93     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA. leonard.abradshaw@vanderbilt.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Electrodiagnosis / methods*
Electromagnetic Fields*
Female
Fetal Heart / physiology
Gastrointestinal Tract / physiology
Humans
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis / methods
Rabbits
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
1 R01 DK-58697/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS

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