Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1989-03-20
1990-08-28
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128731, 3242441, A61B 504
Patent
active
049516744
ABSTRACT:
A biomagnetic analytical system for sensing and indicating minute magnetic fields emanating from the brain or from any other tissue region of interest in a subject under study. The system includes a magnetic pick-up device constituted by an array of fiber-optic magnetic sensors mounted at positions distributed throughout the inner confines of a magnetic shield configured to conform generally to the head of the subject or whatever other body region is of interest. Each sensor yields a light beam whose phase or other parameter is modulated in accordance with the magnetic field emanating from the related site in the region. The modulated beam from each sensor is compared in an interferometer with a reference light beam to yield an output signal that is a function of the magnetic field being emitted at the related site. The output signals from the interferometer are processed to provide a display or recording exhibiting the pattern or map of magnetic fields resulting from emanations at the multitude of sites encompassed by the region.
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Femano Philip A.
Zanakis Michael F.
Cohen Lee S.
Ebert Michael
Hanley John C.
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