Recent studies reported differential information in human magnetocardiogram and in electrocardiogram. Vortex currents have been discussed as a possible source of this divergence. With the help of physical phantom experiments, we quantified the influence of active vortex currents on the strength of electric and magnetic signals, and we tested the ability of standard source localization algorithms to reconstruct vortex currents. The active vortex currents were modeled by a set of twelve single current dipoles arranged in a circle and mounted inside a phantom that resembles a human torso. Magnetic and electric data were recorded simultaneously while the dipoles were switched on stepwise one after the other. The magnetic signal strength increased continuously for an increasing number of dipoles switched on. The electric signal strength increased up to a semicircle and decreased thereafter. Source reconstruction with unconstrained focal source models performed well for a single dipole only (less than 3-mm localization error). Minimum norm source reconstruction yielded reasonable results only for a few of the dipole configurations. In conclusion active vortex currents might explain, at least in part, the difference between magnetically and electrically acquired data, but improved source models are required for their reconstruction.
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Biomagnetic Center, Department of Neurology, University Hospital at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D-07740, Jena, Germany
Mario Liehr, Jens Haueisen & Toivo Katila
Clinic of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
Mario Liehr & Matthias Goernig
Institute of Solid State Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
Mario Liehr & Paul Seidel
Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland
Jukka Nenonen
Engineering Centre, BioMag Laboratory, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Jukka Nenonen
Correspondence to Mario Liehr.
About this article Cite this articleLiehr, M., Haueisen, J., Goernig, M. et al. Vortex Shaped Current Sources in a Physical Torso Phantom. Ann Biomed Eng 33, 240–247 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-005-8983-6
Received: 15 April 2004
Accepted: 08 September 2004
Issue Date: February 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-005-8983-6
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