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Title: Pseudo current density maps of electrophysiological heart, nerve or brain function and their physical basis
Author(s): W. Haberkorn, U. Steinhoff, M. Burghoff, O. Kosch, A. Morguet and H. Koch
Journal: Biomagnetic research and technology
Year: 2006
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Pages: 5
BioMed Central Ltd
DOI: 10.1186/1477-044X-4-5
ISSN: 1477-044X
Web URL: http://www.biomagres.com/content/4/1/5
Keywords: 8.41
Tags: 8.41
Abstract: BACKGROUND: In recent years the visualization of biomagnetic measurement data by so-called pseudo current density maps or Hosaka-Cohen (HC) transformations became popular. METHODS: The physical basis of these intuitive maps is clarified by means of analytically solvable problems. RESULTS: Examples in magnetocardiography, magnetoencephalography and magnetoneurography demonstrate the usefulness of this method. CONCLUSION: Hardware realizations of the HC-transformation and some similar transformations are discussed which could advantageously support cross-platform comparability of biomagnetic measurements.

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