Verify magnetoencephalography room shielding using the Magnaprobe Mark I, a 3D sensor that detects stray magnetic fields and leaks in real-time
The precise measurement of neural pathways during magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a highly sensitive process due to the nature of biomagnetic signals. Neurons firing in the brain produce minuscule electrical currents with exceptionally weak magnetic signatures. These are captured in real-time withSQUID detectors with highly accurate temporal resolution. Mapping these subtle spatial fields requires an environment completely isolated from background noise. Without a strictly managed, well-shielded room, everyday background electromagnetic interference completely eclipses the brain's internal activity. Ensuring total magnetic shielding integrity is difficult because stray fields leak dynamically across a complex three-axis orientation which are hard to pinpoint.
The Magnaprobe Mark I requires no electrical power. It is safe to deploy around high-sensitivity medical hardware without generating its own RF emissions. Beyond primary clinical audits, it remains a robust baseline tool for technicians managing complex NMR labs, testing custom passive magnetic shielding alloys, or demonstrating environmental containment parameters. Ultimately, professional-grade 3D field verification is easily achievable directly at your facility using this specialized analogue probe.
I have bought several of these over the years, originally from the British company that makes them, and more recently from this company. I have trouble keeping them because everyone seems to want one. They are indispensable for showing the angle of the magnetic field in three dimensions. It is like a 3 dimensional compass, and very sensitive too. It will even show the vertical angle of the Earth's magnetic field! If your business is magnets, you need one of these.
Thanks for the feedback. This version, the Mark I is incredibly sensitive as you noted. We had them tested once & the will respond to a field as weak as 0.3 gauss. Besides declination they are great for detecting magnetic leakage in NMR/MRI labs. Overkill for Q/A though, use the Mark II instead.