Quantum Magnetometers for Magnetic Induction Tomography of the Heart

Project funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation (Programmes and collaborations), grant NNF20OC0064182. Participating organisations named by the source: KU University of Copenhagen. Runs 2025-05-31 to n/a. Keywords: Biomedicine, Cardiology and Vascular Systems, Physics, Quantum Technologies. Source: OpenAIRE Graph, from the funder's project data (collected by OpenAIRE on 2025-08-01); national funding data, not CORDIS. Abstract given by the source: The functioning of the heart is based on conduction of electrical signals which can indirectly be recorded in an electrocardiogram (ECG). Heart rhythm problems are sometimes hard to treat. One treatment option is catheter ablation by which the heart tissue that triggers and sustains the rhythm disturbance is destroyed. Locating the heart tissue that needs to be destroyed by ablation is challenging. To this end we propose to use magnetic induction tomography (MIT) for mapping the heart’s electrical conductivity and thereby identifying target areas for ablation. The principle of MIT is similar to that of a metal detector which beeps when detecting a piece of conducting metal. However, MIT generates a 3D image of an object’s relative conductivity. MIT of the heart is very challenging as its absolute conductivity is very low (10 million times less than metal). To overcome this problem, we propose to develop and use highly sensitive quantum magnetometers for MIT of the heart._x000D_

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AI-assisted summary: The project "Quantum Magnetometers for Magnetic Induction Tomography of the Heart" is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and involves KU University of Copenhagen. It aims to use magnetic induction tomography to identify heart tissue for ablation treatment. Suggested technology pillar: sensing. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.