| 词条 | Magnetic field imaging |
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| name = Magnetic field imaging | image = MFI-system-wiki.jpg|thumb | alt = | caption = Patient during an MFI acquisition | pronounce = | purpose = non-invasive cardiac diagnostic method | test of = | based on = | synonyms = | reference_range = | calculator = | DiseasesDB = | ICD10 = | ICD9 = | ICDO = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicine = | MeshID = | OPS301 = | LOINC = }} Magnetic Field Imaging (MFI) is a non-invasive and side-effect-free cardiac diagnostic method. In more recent technology, magnetocardiography (MCG) has become the clinically predominant application for recording the heart's magnetic signals. that detects and records the electromagnetic signals that are associated with the heartbeat using a multi-channel magnetic sensor array. The electric signals are known from the ECG. In the 1990s and beyond, more recent technology has supplanted the MFI, particularly MCG (xref. Cardiomag Imaging, Inc.). Through clinical research in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. (see publications in footnotes), MCG has been proven to have practical application for diagnosis of cardiac disease, and has become the clinically predominant application for recording the heart's magnetic signals. In comparison to MCG, MFI, among others, records the whole relevant area above the chest of the person. BackgroundThe general principal of MFI is based on two facts:
In comparison to the electric signals, which are influenced by the differently conductive tissue of the body and varying resistance of the skin before they can be recorded, the magnetic signals travel through the body almost without disturbance. The differences in the electric potentials, that are recorded by the ECG, are directly depending on the inhomogeneity and geometry of the thorax, the magnetic signals outside of the thorax depend primarily on the intracellular currents of the cardiac tissue and only secondarily on the secondary currents generating the electric signal. Furthermore, the magnetic signals of so-called vortex currents, which occur regularly in every heartbeat and include important information for an advanced and more accurate cardiac diagnosis (first theoretically described by John Wikswo),[1][2] can be acquired with an MFI system, but cannot be recorded electrically on the body surface (First experimental hint by Brockmeier et al. 1994[3] and comprehensive demonstration Brockmeier et al. 1997).[4] Recording technologyThe magnetic field changes detected by the MFI are about one million times weaker than the magnetic field of the earth. High end acquisition electronics and noise reduction concepts are necessary. As sensors the most sensitive magnetic sensors presently available, SQUIDs (superconducting quantum interference devices), which are cooled down to 4 K (-269 °C) with liquid helium, are used to acquire the signals. ApplicationsThe main fields of use are the risk stratification of ventricular tachycardia (VT) and the detection of stress induced ischemia. The MFI system can detect the onset of arrhythmic and ischemic diseases in a very early stage with high accuracy for both acute and asymptomatic patients.
As MFI is absolutely risk free and harmless for the patient, the procedure can be repeated without any negative effects for the patient, which gives the cardiologist the opportunity to observe a patient's progressive changes. The non-invasiveness of MFI makes it an ideal tool for the diagnosis of pregnant women as well as it can in addition detect the cardiac signal of an unborn child starting from the 4th month of pregnancy. References1. ^Wikswo, J.P., Barach, J.P. "Possible sources of new information in the magnetocardiogram" in J. Theoret. Biol. Vol. 95 pp. 721 - 729, 1982 {{Electrodiagnosis}}2. ^Roth, B.J., Wikswo, J.P. "Electrically silent magnetic fields" in Biophys. J. Vol. 50 pp. 739 - 745, 1986 3. ^Brockmeier, K., Chomani, S., Erné, S.N. "Magnetocardiography and exercise test" in J. Electrocardiol. Vol. 27 pp. 137 - 142, 1994 4. ^Brockmeier, K. et al "Magnetocardiography and 32 lead potential mapping: Repolarisation in normal subjects during pharmacologically induced stress" in J. Cardiovasc. Electrophysiol. Vol. 8 pp. 615 - 625, 1997 1 : Medical imaging |
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