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Quantitative Evaluation for Magnetoelectric Sensor Systems in Biomagnetic Diagnostics.

Eric Elzenheimer¹, Christin Bald¹, Erik Engelhardt¹

¹Digital Signal Processing and System Theory, Institute of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany.

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|February 15, 2022

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Novel thin film magnetoelectric (ME) sensors offer contactless medical signal acquisition. An evaluation scheme and application-specific capacity (ASC) metric show electrically modulated ME sensors outperform resonant types for magnetocardiogram (MCG) applications.

Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Materials Science
Sensor Technology

Background:

Magnetoelectric (ME) sensors are researched for medical applications, enabling contactless magnetic signal acquisition in noisy environments.
Existing ME sensor concepts require comparative quality metrics for medical use, considering both sensor and readout specifications.
A system-level evaluation is crucial for medical users, integrating sensor performance with readout schemes.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and discuss an ME sensor system evaluation scheme for medical applications.
To define quantitative measures for comparing different ME sensor types.
To assess ME sensor systems for cardiovascular applications, specifically magnetocardiogram (MCG) signal acquisition.

Main Methods:

Keywords:

application specific signal evaluation magnetoelectric sensors quantitative sensor system characterization sensor system performance

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Developed a sensor system evaluation scheme under reproducible, shielded measurement conditions.

Quantitatively evaluated two ME sensors: resonant and electrically modulated.

Introduced an application-specific capacity (ASC) as a figure of merit for signal assessment.

Exemplified the scheme using a magnetocardiogram (MCG) prototype signal.

Main Results:

The electrically modulated ME sensor achieved a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of -11 dB and an ASC of 23 dB Hz.
The resonant ME sensor showed an SNR of -90 dB and an ASC of 9.8×10-7 dB Hz.
The electrically modulated ME sensor demonstrated superior performance for MCG applications under ideal conditions.

Conclusions:

The study highlights metrics for quantitative characterization of ME sensor systems and their biomagnetic output signals.
The presented evaluation approach is transferable to other magnetic sensors and applications.
Electrically modulated ME sensors show significant potential for medical applications like MCG.