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Biomagnetic activity in the female breast at various physiological states
Purpose: To investigate the biomagnetic activity produced physiologically by the various normally occurring states of the female breast: puberty, reproductive age, pregnancy, lactation and menopause. Method: The mammary glands of 90 healthy women were examined using a Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID). Results: Biomagnetic activity was low at puberty (105.46 ± 3.77 tT/√Hz) and the menopause (111.6 ± 25.06 fT/T√Hz), but was high during the reproductive years (142.13 ± 20.70 fT/T√Hz), particularly in the hyperplastic states of late pregnancy (221.86 ± 12.14 fT/T√Hz) and lactation (252.73 ± 54.77 fT/T√Hz). The results were statistically significant (p < 0.0001 ANOVA test). Conclusion: Our observations indicate the importance of SQUID in understanding the biomagnetic activity of the female breast at the various physiological states of life.