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An analytical design technique for magnetic field therapy devices

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Electromagnetic therapy devices designed over the last 45 years have been based on empirical (trial-and-error) techniques. This paper presents a novel approach to designing and engineering therapeutic devices. Based upon using a superconductive quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer for registration of the magnetic field emitted by specific organs in norm and after the injury/pathology, this approach avoids empirical engineering. The signal parameters recorded by the SQUID magnetometer allow one to derive tissue- and/or disease-specific signals. This is made possible using contemporary, state-of-the-art controls with engineering and computer science techniques.

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Parker, R., Markov, M. An analytical design technique for magnetic field therapy devices. Environmentalist 31, 155–160 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-011-9316-y

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