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Background Noise Reduction by Software Methods in the 37-channel SQUID Magnetometer System (뇌자도 측정용 37채널 스퀴드 자력계에서의 합성 미분계 및 적응필터, 주파수영역 적응필터에 의한 배경잡음 제거)

  • 김기웅;이용호;권혁찬;김진목;강찬석
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.167-173
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    • 2003
  • Measuring subtle neuromagnetic signals requires eliminating background noises. Especially, a SQUID magnetometer is very sensitive to the magnetic noise even from a distant source. As typical software methods, we use the synthetic gradiometer of the adaptive filtering to reduce the noises. In this article, we present noise reduction effects in our 37-channel SQUID magnetometer system by applying each method including the frequency-domain adaptive filtering and discuss a selective application of the methods to the detection of clinical magnetoencephalogram signals.

Characterization of step-edge dc SQUID magnetometer fabricated on sapphire substrate (사파이어 기판 위에 제작된 step-edge dc SQUID magnetometer의 특성)

  • 임해용;박종혁;정구락;한택상;김인선;박용기
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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    • 2002.02a
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    • pp.127-130
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    • 2002
  • Step-edge dc SQUID magnetometers have been fabricated on sapphire substrate. Ce$O_{2}$ buffer layer and $YBa_{2}$$Cu_{3}$ $O_{7}$(YBCO) films were deposited in-situ on the low angle (~$35^{\circ}$)steps formed on the substrates. Typical 5-$\mu$m-wide junction has $R_{N}$ of 4 $\Omega$ and $I_{c}$ of 60 $\mu$A with $I_{c}$$R_{N}$ product of 240 $\mu$V at 77 K. According to applied bias current, depth of voltage modulation was changed and maximum voltage was measured 100~300 fT/$\checkmark$ Hz at 100 Hz, and about 1.5 pT/$\checkmark$ Hz at 1 Hz. For ac bias reversal method, field noise was decreased in the 1/f region. The QRS peak of magneto-cardiogram was measured 50 pT in the magnetically shielded room.

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Construction of HTS multi-channel SQUID system

  • Park, W.K.;Lee, H.J.;Moon, S.H.;Lim, S.H.;Kim, D.Y.;Oh, B.;Lee, S.M.
    • 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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    • v.10
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    • pp.169-172
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    • 2000
  • We have constructed a multi-channel SQUID magnetometer system. The system is designed to operate normally with 10 high temperature direct coupled SQUIDs. The main features of the system include a remote control by serial communication, low noise with wide bandwidth and high slew rate by several MHz modulation, signal conditioning and calibration by digital signal processing.

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Development of High-Field ESR System Using SQUID Magnetometer and its Application to Measurement under High Pressure

  • Sakurai, T.;Fujimoto, K.;Okubo, S.;Ohta, H.;Uwatoko, Y.
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.168-172
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    • 2013
  • We have developed a high-field and high-frequency ESR system using a commercially available magnetometer equipped with the superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). This is magnetization detection type ESR and ESR is observed as a change of the magnetization at the resonance condition under irradiation of the electromagnetic wave. The frequency range is from 70 to 315 GHz and the maximum magnetic field is 5 T. The sensitivity is estimated to be $10^{13}$ spins/G. The advantage of this system is that the high-field ESR measurements can be made very easily and quantitatively. Moreover, this high-field ESR can be applied to the measurements under pressure by using a widely used piston-cylinder pressure cell.

Optimum Combination of Pickup Coil Type and Magnetically Shielded Room for Maximum SNR to Measure Biomagnetism (생체신호 측정을 위한 최대의 신호 대 잡음비를 가지는 검출코일의 형태 와 자기차폐실의 최적 조합)

  • Yu, K.K.;Lee, Y.H.;Kang, C.S.;Kim, J.M.;Park, Y.K.
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.45-49
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    • 2007
  • We have investigated the optimum combination of the environmental noise condition and type of SQUID pickup coil in order to obtain maximum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The measurement probe consists of 1st order gradiometer with pickup coils of 100 mm, 70 mm, and 50 mm baseline length, a 2nd order gradiometer with 50 mm baseline, and a magnetometer. The pickup coils are fabricated by winding Nb wire on a bobbin with 200 mm diameter. Noise and heart signal of a healthy male were measured by various SQUID sensors with different types of pickup coils in various magnetically shielded rooms (MSR), and compared to each other. The shielding factors were found to be 43 dB, 35 dB and 25 dB at 0.1 Hz for MSR-AS, MSR-BS, MSR-CS, respectively. White noises were $3.5\;fT/Hz^{1/2}$, $4.5\;fT/Hz^{1/2}$ and $3\;fT/Hz^{1/2}$ for the 1st order gradiometers, the 2nd order gradiometers, and magnetometer for all MSRs. SNR of the magnetometer was up to 56 dB in MSR-AS, while the 1st order axial gradiometer with 70 mm baseline length was up to 54 dB in MSR-BS. The 2nd order axial gradiometer with 50 mm baseline length of pickup coil was found to be up to 40 dB in MSR-CS.

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Magnetic Dipole Model in an Eddy Current Flow Detection for a Nondestructive Evaluation

  • Han, S.G.;Kang, J.H.
    • 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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    • v.9
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    • pp.266-270
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    • 1999
  • A SQUID magnetometer or a SQUID gradiometer can be used to measure the field or gradient distribution, respectively. We describe the magnetic dipole model of the eddy currents in a nondestructive evaluation. Such a theoretical calculation of the magnetic dipole fields produced by a deep flaw in metallic materials can be used in aerospace and transportation industries.

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