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Method and system for marker localization

  • US 20040176931A1
  • Filed: 10/06/2003
  • Published: 09/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-based method for locating a dipole source of a magnetic field, the dipole source being a marker implanted in or affixed to an organism, the method comprising:

  • receiving a set of actual measurements, each actual measurement indicative of a component of the magnetic field at each of a plurality of sensors;

    providing sets of reference measurements, each set of reference measurements being associated with a location such that an actual measurement from that location is expected to be a linear combination of that set;

    selecting the location associated with the set of reference measurements that most closely matches the received set of actual measurements; and

    identifying a location associated with a set of calculated measurements that most closely matches the set of actual measurements wherein the set of calculated measurements is derived from the sets of reference measurements.

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