摘要:
The position of an object, for example a catheter, in a body to be examined is determined so as to enable monitoring of its movement through the body at the same time that information concerning the anatomy in the surroundings of the object is to be acquired. An as high as possible temporal and spatial resolution should be achieved for this purpose. To this end, the nuclear magnetization in the surrounding region of the object is determined by means of a micro-coil which is mounted on the inserted object, it being possible to determine the position of the object from the nuclear magnetization. Subsequently, an RF coil system is used to perform a line scan around this position in order to determine the nuclear magnetization in a line-shaped region.
摘要:
A method of suppressing current distribution noise in a DC SQUID comprising two Josephson junctions (12) in a superconducting current. This current distribution noise is caused by individual fluctuations of the critical currents of the two Josephson junctions used for measuring weak magnetic fields. A DC SQUID is connected to a device which comprises a control device (14) for generating a periodic bias current (I.sub.b), a modulation device (15) for generating a flux modulation via an induced AC current in the loop (11), and a signal detection device (17) for forming a mean output voltage (V.sub.ges). The polarity of the bias current (I.sub.B) is reversed by the control device (14) with the modulation frequency and a time shift of one quarter of the period duration of the modulation frequency, so that the SQUID assumes different bias states. In the case of suitably weighted signal detection in the signal detection device (17), the current distribution noise signals stemming from fluctuations of the critical currents eliminate one another in the signal sum taken over four bias states.
摘要翻译:一种在超导电流中抑制包括两个约瑟夫逊结(12)的DC SQUID中的电流分布噪声的方法。 这种电流分布噪声是由用于测量弱磁场的两个约瑟夫逊结的临界电流的单独波动引起的。 DC SQUID连接到包括用于产生周期性偏置电流(Ib)的控制装置(14)的装置,用于通过环路(11)中的感应AC电流产生磁通量调制的调制装置(15),以及 用于形成平均输出电压(Vges)的信号检测装置(17)。 偏置电流(IB)的极性由调制频率和调制频率的周期持续时间的四分之一的时间偏移量的控制装置(14)反转,使得SQUID呈现不同的偏置状态。 在信号检测装置(17)中适当加权的信号检测的情况下,源自临界电流的波动的电流分布噪声信号在四个偏置状态下消除的信号中相互消除。
摘要:
An image synthesizing method and apparatus for forming a composite image from basic images with complex image values acquired by sensors having sensitivities which vary differently across the area to be imaged, includes the deviation of complex image values of the composite image from the image values of the basic images which have been weighted in dependence on the complex values of the sensitivity of the sensors. The complex sensitivity values are determined according to the invention in that the sensitivities of the sensors are estimated on the basis of the basic images themselves by determining the sensitivity of each sensor from the basic image acquired thereby.
摘要:
A miniaturized SQUID module (10), notably for multi-channel magnetometers, for measurement of varying magnetic fields in a field strength range below 10.sup.-10 T, includes superconducting and shielded connections between a SQUID chip (19) and a gradiometer (12). The module can be mounted in the lower part of a cryostat and enables a large number of measurement points per unit of surface area. The SQUID chip (19) is arranged on a fully shielded supporting plate (18) which has a width of only a few millimeters and which is provided with electronic circuitry (23), the SQUID chip (19) being connected in a superconducting manner, at least by soldering, to the wires (11) of the gradiometer (12) via a superconducting, solderable and bondable intermediate support (27).
摘要:
A shielding sleeve (19) for SQUID-magnetometers which serves to shield from electromagnetic interference fields, consists of an electrically conductive shielding material so as to obtain adequate RF shielding in conjunction with a low noise contribution, completely envelops a non-shielding cryostat (10), has a predetermined sheet resistance and consists of at least one layer of the shielding material in order to avoid an increase of the magnetometer overall noise.