System and a method for mapping a magnetic field
First Claim
1. A system for mapping a magnetic field in a volume of interest, the system comprising:
- a magnetic field transmitter, generating a magnetic field in said volume of interest;
at least one freestanding magnetic field detector, operative to freely move within said volume of interest, said at least one freestanding magnetic field detector acquiring measurements of a flux of said magnetic field at a plurality of poses;
at least one pose information acquisition module for measuring information related to the pose of said freestanding magnetic field detector for at least a portion of said plurality poses; and
a processor, coupled with said magnetic field detector and with said at least one pose information acquisition module, said processor determining pose related information respective of each of at least a portion of said measurements of the flux of said magnetic field, according to said information related to the pose of said freestanding magnetic field detector at said at least a portion of said plurality of poses, said processor further estimating an entire set of parameters of a magnetic field model template according to said magnetic field flux measurements and the respective pose related information of said magnetic field flux measurements, said processor incorporating said entire set of parameters into said magnetic field model template, thereby determining said magnetic field model,wherein, said entire set of parameters includes the coefficients of said magnetic field model, the order of said magnetic field model, the number of the centers of expansion and the locations of the centers of expansion of said magnetic field model.
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Abstract
System for mapping a magnetic-field including a magnetic-field-transmitter, a freestanding magnetic-field-detector operative to freely move within a volume of interest and acquire measurements of the flux of the magnetic-field at a plurality of poses, a pose-information-acquisition-module for measuring information related to the pose of the magnetic-field-detector and a processor, coupled with the magnetic-field-detector and with said pose-information-acquisition-module and determines pose-related-information respective of each of at least a portion of the magnetic-flux-measurements, according to said information related to the pose of said magnetic-field-detector, the processor further estimating the entire set of parameters of a magnetic-field-model-template according to the magnetic-flux-measurements and the respective pose-related-information the magnetic flux measurements, the processor incorporates the entire set of parameters into said magnetic field model template, thereby determining said magnetic field model, the entire set of parameters includes the coefficients, the order, the number and location of the centers of expansion of the model.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for mapping a magnetic field in a volume of interest, the system comprising:
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a magnetic field transmitter, generating a magnetic field in said volume of interest; at least one freestanding magnetic field detector, operative to freely move within said volume of interest, said at least one freestanding magnetic field detector acquiring measurements of a flux of said magnetic field at a plurality of poses; at least one pose information acquisition module for measuring information related to the pose of said freestanding magnetic field detector for at least a portion of said plurality poses; and a processor, coupled with said magnetic field detector and with said at least one pose information acquisition module, said processor determining pose related information respective of each of at least a portion of said measurements of the flux of said magnetic field, according to said information related to the pose of said freestanding magnetic field detector at said at least a portion of said plurality of poses, said processor further estimating an entire set of parameters of a magnetic field model template according to said magnetic field flux measurements and the respective pose related information of said magnetic field flux measurements, said processor incorporating said entire set of parameters into said magnetic field model template, thereby determining said magnetic field model, wherein, said entire set of parameters includes the coefficients of said magnetic field model, the order of said magnetic field model, the number of the centers of expansion and the locations of the centers of expansion of said magnetic field model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for mapping a magnetic field in a volume of interest, the method comprising the procedures of:
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freely moving a magnetic field detector within said volume of interest; acquiring measurements of a magnetic field flux at a plurality of poses of said freestanding magnetic field detector within said volume of interest; determining pose related information respective of each of at least a portion of said measurement of magnetic field flux, according to information related to the pose of said freestanding magnetic field detector at least a portion of said plurality of poses; and estimating an entire set of parameters characterizing a magnetic field model according to said magnetic field flux measurements and said respective pose related information of said measurement of magnetic field flux, wherein, said entire set of parameters includes the coefficients of said magnetic field model, the order of said magnetic field model, the number of the centers of expansion and the locations of the centers of expansion of said magnetic field model. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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