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In recent years the trend in SQUID instrumentation for biomagnetic studies has been towards using large numbers of measurement Channels. While this is necessaiy in applications requiring the mapping of the biomagnetic fields over extended areas, it has resulted in bulky equipment, often having large source-detector distances and requiring magnetic shielding. In addition to their high cost, shielded rooms have the disadvantage that many types of medical investigations cannot be carried out under the dual constraints of confmed space and the demand for total “magnetic cleanliness” within the shielded room. There are, however, other applications for which it is highly desirable to have small, easily manoeuvrable SQUID biomagnetometers capable of operation in magnetically unshielded environments.
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Rassi, D., Zhuravlev, Y.E., Josephs, O., Swithenby, S.J. (2000). A Six-Channel SQUID Biomagnetometer Optimised for Fetal Magnetocardiography. In: Aine, C.J., Stroink, G., Wood, C.C., Okada, Y., Swithenby, S.J. (eds) Biomag 96. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1260-7_24
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