Electromagnetic Interaction with Biological Systems

✍ Scribed by James C. Lin (auth.), James C. Lin (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 293
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ever since the early 1940's, electromagnetic energy in the nonionizing spectrum has contributed to the enhanced quality of life in a variety of ways. Aside from their well-known roles in communication, entertainment, industry and science, electromagnetic energy has come into wide spread use in biology and medicine. In addition to the intended purposes, these energies produce other effects which have been shown to influence the life processes of living organisms. It is noteworthy that these energies are not only harmless in ordinary quantities but are actually necessary for modern life, indeed without which life as we know it would be impossible. The purpose of this book is to present a succinct summary of the interaction of electromagnetic fields and waves with biological systems as they are now known. The subject matter is interdisciplinary and is based primarily on presentations scheduled for a joint symposium at the XXII General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, held in Tel Aviv, Israel from Tuesday, August 25 to Wednesday, September 2, 1987. The symposium was jointly sponsored by the Bioelectromagnetics Society in cooperation with the International Radiation Protection Association. The choice of topics was made to facilitate the application and to stimulate the use of nonioni zing electromagnetic energy in biology and medicine, and to increase the awareness and to promote the consideration of radiation safety by electrical engineers and experimental physicists.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Microwave Noninvasive Sensing of Physiological Signatures....Pages 3-25
Microwave Radiometry and Thermography....Pages 27-38
Progress in Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Medical Diagnosis....Pages 39-57
Technical and Clinical Advances in Hyperthermia Treatment of Cancer....Pages 59-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Biological Responses to Static and Time-Varying Magnetic Fields....Pages 83-107
Biological Effects of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation....Pages 109-140
Biological Responses to Microwave Radiation: Reproduction, Development and Immunology....Pages 141-163
Pulsed Radiofrequency Field Effects in Biological Systems....Pages 165-177
Physical Mechanisms for Electromagnetic Interaction with Biological Systems....Pages 179-211
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Protection Guides for RF Radiations: Recent Developments in the U.S.A.....Pages 215-219
Eastern European RF Protection Guides and Rationales....Pages 221-244
Western European Population and Occupational RF Protection Guides....Pages 245-255
Canadian and Other National RF Protection Guides....Pages 257-269
International Health Criteria Documents and Guidelines for Electromagnetic Fields....Pages 271-279
Panel Discussion on Standards....Pages 281-289
Back Matter....Pages 291-300

✦ Subjects

Biophysics and Biological Physics