Clinical Application of SQUID Magnetometers for the Spinal Cord and the Peripheral Nerve

Abstract

We have applied neuromagnetic field measurement, which has already been used in the medical field for the brain, to the spinal cord and peripheral nerves. By optimizing the equipment and analysis method to the axonal activity, it is now possible to evaluate the neural functions in patients with spinal cord and peripheral nerve diseases. Since there are many patients with spinal cord and peripheral nerve diseases, SQUID technology will make a significant contribution to medicine.