Magnetostatic image current and its application to an analytic identification of a current dipole inside a conducting...

The image solution for the static magnetic field outside a conducting sphere with an internal current dipole is considered. The image current, which is a linear distribution of magnetic dipoles on the line segment between the dipole point and the center of the sphere, is derived by using the fact that the induced current does not have any contribution to the radial component of the magnetic field outside the sphere. The image is then used to obtain some explicit formulas for identifying the location and tangential moment of the primary current dipole. This explicit identification method is also tested with a real model for a patient's brain.