A device for improving the precision of a biomagnetic image of a patient is provided. The device comprises a covering, a plurality of markers and at least five three-axis coils. Three-axis coils and markers of the plurality of markers are placed at the same location on the covering so that, when the covering is positioned on the patient, singular points of the part of the patient can be detected by magnetic resonance imaging and by biomagnetic imaging (MEG, MCG).

A magnetic field measurement apparatus including a magnetic sensor array having magnetic sensor cells capable of detecting magnetic fields in three axial directions arranged in three dimensions, each magnetic sensor cell including a plurality of magnetic sensors that each have a magnetoresistive element and a magnetic flux concentrator arranged at least at one of one end and another end of the magnetoresistive element; AD converters that respectively convert analog detection signals output by the magnetic sensors into digital measurement data; a magnetic field acquiring section that acquires the digital measurement data; a calibration computing section that calibrates the digital measurement data from the magnetic field acquiring section, using at least one of a main-axis sensitivity, cross-axis sensitivities, and an offset; and a gradient magnetic field computing section that calculates a gradient magnetic field using magnetic field measurement data resulting from the calibration of the digital measurement data.

A method of using a magnetometer system to analyse the magnetic field of a region of a subject's body is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining one or more signals corresponding to the time derivative of the time varying magnetic field of a region of a subject's body, averaging the time derivative signal or signals over plural periods, and using the averaged time derivative signal or signals to analyse the magnetic field generated by the region of the subject's body.

A vector magnetocardiography method and a vector magnetocardiographic system carrying out the method. It is an object to provide an improved magnetocardiographic method, in particular in view of diagnosing ischemic heart disease. The method involves the calculation of the direction of an equivalent single current source ESCS or equivalent single magnetic source ESMS in relation to a reference direction which is independent of patient or heart position in order to compute a vector magnetocardiogram.

The invention provides a magnetic inductive sensing device (30) comprising a loop antenna (10) for inductively coupling with electromagnetic (EM) signals emitted from a medium in response to stimulation of the medium with electromagnetic excitation signals. The device includes an electromagnetic shield (36) element which is arranged such as to intercept electromagnetic signals travelling to or from the antenna. The shield element is formed of conductive material such as to block electrical field components of incident signals but further incorporates a non-conductive gap in the material so as to prevent the formation of eddy currents. A loop of the antenna is broken by an opening, the opening being bridged by a capacitor, and the device comprises a signal processing means which is electrically coupled to the antenna via only a single point of the antenna, located to one side of the opening.

A biomagnetic field measurement device to measure a biomagnetic field includes a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) sensor, and includes a flux locked loop unit. The SQUID sensor includes an adjustment device configured to adjust a loop gain of the flux locked loop unit.

A biomagnetic field measurement device to measure a biomagnetic field includes a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) sensor, and includes a flux locked loop unit. The SQUID sensor includes an adjustment device configured to adjust a loop gain of the flux locked loop unit.

An organ evaluation device, system, or method is configured to receive electrophysiological data from a patient or model organism and integrates the data in a computational backend environment with anatomical data input from an external source, spanning a plurality of file formats, where the input parameters are combined to visualize and output current density and/or current flow activity having ampere-based units displayed in the spatial context of heart or other organ anatomy.

An organ evaluation device, system, or method is configured to receive electrophysiological data from a patient or model organism and integrates the data in a computational backend environment with anatomical data input from an external source, spanning a plurality of file formats, where the input parameters are combined to visualize and output current density and/or current flow activity having ampere-based units displayed in the spatial context of heart or other organ anatomy.

A system is provided for displaying heart graphic information relating to sources and source locations of a heart disorder to assist in evaluation of the heart disorder. A heart graphic display system provides an intra-cardiogram similarity (ICS) graphic and a source location (SL) graphic. The ICS graphic includes a grid with the x-axis and y-axis representing patient cycles of a patient cardiogram with the intersections of the patient cycle identifiers indicating similarity between the patient cycles. The SL graphic provides a representation of a heart with source locations indicated. The source locations are identified based on similarity of a patient cycle to library cycles of a library cardiogram of a library of cardiograms.