LOCALIZATION OF MAGNETIC FOREIGN BODIES IN HUMANS USING MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS
Carlos Hall Barbosa, Elisabeth Costa Monteiro, Flávia Pompéia
Abstract:
A technique had been previously developed, based on magnetic field measurements using a SQUID sensor, to localise in three dimensions steel needles lost in the human body. In all six cases that were treated until now, the technique allowed easy surgical localisation of the needles with high accuracy, decreasing by a large factor the surgery time and also reducing the generally high odds of failure. The method is accurate, non-invasive and innocuous, with clear clinical importance. In this paper we present preliminary measurements performed with a fluxgate magnetometer instead of a SQUID.
Keywords:
foreign body, magnetic field, sensors
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PWC-2003-TC10-024.pdf
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Event details
Event name:
XVII IMEKO World Congress
Title:

Metrology in the 3rd Millennium

Place:
Dubrovnik, CROATIA
Time:
22 June 2003 - 28 June 2003
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