Magnetocardiography with sensors based on giant magnetoresistance
Résumé
Biomagnetic signals, mostly due to the electrical activity in the body, are very weak and they can
only be detected by the most sensitive magnetometers, such as Superconducting Quantum
Interference Devices SQUIDs. We report here biomagnetic recordings with hybrid sensors based
on Giant MagnetoResistance GMR.We recorded magnetic signatures of the electric activity of the
human heart magnetocardiography in healthy volunteers. The P-wave and QRS complex, known
from the corresponding electric recordings, are clearly visible in the recordings after an averaging
time of about 1 min. Multiple recordings at different locations over the chest yielded a dipolar
magnetic field map and allowed localizing the underlying current sources. The sensitivity of the
GMR-based sensors is now approaching that of SQUIDs and paves way for spin electronics devices
for functional imaging of the body.
Domaines
Physique [physics]Origine | Fichiers éditeurs autorisés sur une archive ouverte |
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