Biomagnetism: An Interdisciplinary Approach

✍ Scribed by David Cohen (auth.), Samuel J. Williamson, Gian-Luca Romani, Lloyd Kaufman, Ivo Modena (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 707
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Biomagnetism is the study of magnetic fields that originate in biological systems. This is a relatively new discipline that has attracted considerable interest throughout the scientific commu- ty. The study of biomagnetic fields requires the use of techniques and concepts drawn from widely disparate scientific disciplines. To make these techniques and concepts available to a wide spectrum of the scientific community, a NATO Advanced study Institute on B- magnetism was held near Frascati at Grottaferrata, Italy, in S- tember 1982. This volume is based on the lectures delivered by scholars representing many different scientific areas, ranging from solid state physics to psychology. It attempts to preserve the - herent development of concepts drawn from physiology, psychology, biology, physics, medicine, occupational health and geology that was evident during the Institute. The reader will quickly become aware that the progress in biomagnetism over the past decade was due principally to the efforts of interdisciplinary teams of sci- tists. One of the purposes of this volume is to make all of the basic principles and findings of biomagnetism available in one place, so that scientists who have already embarked on the study of biomagnetism or who plan to do so in the near future will have them available for study and reference. Each section of this volume was written by a recognized expert who lectured at the Institute on the topics he describes here.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-4
Introduction....Pages 5-16
Magnetic Quantities, Units, Materials, and Measurements....Pages 17-42
Cryogenics....Pages 43-67
SQUID Sensors....Pages 69-84
Detection Coils....Pages 85-99
Physical Concepts and Mathematical Models....Pages 101-139
Electrophysiology of Excitable Cells and Tissues, with Special Consideration of the Heart Muscle....Pages 141-171
Cellular Action Currents....Pages 173-207
Cardiac Studies....Pages 209-326
Steady Fields of the Body....Pages 327-339
Magnetic Fields of the Eye....Pages 341-351
Brain Studies....Pages 353-482
Assessment of Iron in Human Tissue: The Magnetic Biopsy....Pages 483-499
Biogenic Ferrimagnetism: A New Biomagnetism....Pages 501-531
Magnetopneumography....Pages 533-568
Shielded Rooms....Pages 569-578
Analog Filtering Techniques....Pages 579-589
Signal Processing....Pages 591-624
A Retrospective....Pages 625-632
Back Matter....Pages 633-706

✦ Subjects

Magnetism, Magnetic Materials