Integrated SQUID-gradiometer system for magneto-cardiography without magnetic shielding
In: ASC-2002: Superconductors in the Marketplace, Houston, TX, USA, August 4-9, 2002 (Part I of III)IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity 13(2):356-359; Jg. 13 (2003) 2, S. 356-359
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First-order planar superconducting quantum interface device (SQUID) gradiometers were fabricated on the basis of the Nb/AlOX/Nb technology developed at IPHT Jena. The gradiometers have two pickup loops each with quadratic dimensions of 2 cm and a baseline of 4 cm, integrated on chip. The intrinsic noise corresponds to a field resolution in one loop better than 3 fT/√Hz. Because of the high gradiometer balance (> 105) the main signals masking a cardiogram are magnetic field gradients caused by nearby sources (laboratory equipment). To suppress the disturbances a second-order gradiometer was realized electronically. In addition, three washer-SQUID's arranged as a three-axis magnetometer were used to improve the disturbance suppression. All SQUID's were operated with directly coupled low-noise high-speed electronics controlled by a computer via a RS232 port. They have an input voltage noise of about 0.33 nV/Hz, a 1/f corner frequency of 0.1 Hz and bandwidth of 5 MHz. The SQUID signals were digitized using a commercially available 16-bit ADC and digitally filtered. The system shows stable operation in the laboratory without magnetic shielding. A human cardiogram could be recorded in real time with a signal-to-noise ratio better than 20. First results of the measurement of foetal cardiogram in a magnetically shielded room are discussed.
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Integrated SQUID-gradiometer system for magneto-cardiography without magnetic shielding
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | STOLZ, Ronny ; ZAKOSARENKO, V ; BONDARENKO, N ; SCHULZ, M ; FRITZSCH, L ; OUKHANSKI, N ; MEYER, H.-G |
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Quelle: | ASC-2002: Superconductors in the Marketplace, Houston, TX, USA, August 4-9, 2002 (Part I of III)IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity 13(2):356-359; Jg. 13 (2003) 2, S. 356-359 |
Veröffentlichung: | New York, NY: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2003 |
Medientyp: | Konferenz |
Umfang: | print, 13 ref 1 |
ISSN: | 1051-8223 (print) |
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