Abstract The FHARMON-project at the University of Twente aims at a high-Tc SQUID based fetal heart monitor for use in standard clinical environments. Besides the suppression of environmental magnetic noise, the cooling of this fetal heart monitor is an important issue. For maximum flexibility, we intend to apply a closed-cycle cryocooler instead of a liquid nitrogen cryostat. Because of the extreme sensitivity of SQUID magnetometers, the interference caused by the cryocooler is of major importance. This concerns electromagnetic interference (EMI), mechanical vibrations and temperature fluctuations. We have developed measuring techniques to characterize coolers in this respect. The characterization procedures were tested on a Signaal USFA 7058 Stirling cooler and a Leybold RGD210 GM-cooler. In the paper the measuring techniques are described along with interference characteristics of an APD Cryotiger and a Ricor/AirLiquide K535 Stirling cooler. Also, the impact on the design of the fetal heart monitor is considered.


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    Title :

    Interference Characterization of Cryocoolers for a High-Tc SQUID-Based Fetal Heart Monitor


    Contributors:
    Rijpma, A. P. (author) / Bangma, M. R. (author) / Reincke, H. A. (author) / Vries, E. (author) / Holland, H. J. (author) / Brake, H. J. M. (author) / Rogalla, H. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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