发明名称 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING, ESTIMATING AND DISPLAYING RMS CURRENT DENSITY MAPS |
摘要 |
A method of performing synthetic aperture magnetometery on the signals from a target organ using an array of biomagnetic sensors positioned in a predetermined manner around the target organ, each sensor in the array having a position vector and an orientation vector relative to a common coordinate system encompassing the target organ. The method comprises the steps of: (i) simultaneously measuring EM signals from each sensor positioned in the array for a selected time interval; (ii) computing a covariance matrix of the measured EM signals over a user-selected time sub-interval within the selected time interval; (iii) selecting a set of coordinates for a region of interest to be imaged and a distance between voxels to form a grid of voxels; (iv) computing a forward solution for a current element at each of the voxels for each of the sensors in the array sensors; (v) computing an RMS current density estimate for each voxel from the covariance matrix and the forward solution for that voxel; and (vi) displaying the voxels estimating RMS current density as a first image. The method is particularly well suited for evaluating brain activity in a human subject.
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申请公布号 |
CA2319227(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
1999.07.29 |
申请号 |
CA19992319227 |
申请日期 |
1999.01.20 |
申请人 |
CTF SYSTEMS INC. |
发明人 |
ROBINSON, STEPHEN ELLIS |
分类号 |
A61B5/05;A61B5/04;A61B5/0476;G06K9/00;(IPC1-7):A61B5/04 |
主分类号 |
A61B5/05 |
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