Bioelectromagnetism: Principles and Applications of Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Fields

About this book

This book is one of the first to apply engineering science and technology to biological cells and tissues that are electrically conducting and excitable.

Contents

1. Introduction; PART I: ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BIOELECTROMAGNETISM; 2. Anatomy and Physiology of Nerve and Muscle Cells; 3. Subthreshold Membrane Phenomena; 4. Active Behaviour of the Membrane; 5. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Synapsse, Receptor Cells and Brain; 6. The Anatomy, Physiology, and Bioelectric Behavior of the Heart; PART II: BIOELECTRIC SOURCES AND CONDUCTORS AND THEIR MODELLING; 7. Volume Source and Volume Conductor; 8. Source-Field Models; 9. Biodomain Model of Multicellular Volume Conductors; 10. Electronic Neuron Models; PART III: THEORETICAL METHODS IN BIOELECTROMAGNETISM; 11. Theoretical Methods for Analyzing Volume Sources and Volume Conductors; 12. Theory of Biomagnetic Measurements; PART IV: ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRIC ACTIVITY OF NEURAL TISSUE; 13. Electroencephalography; 14. Magnetoencephalography; PART V: ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRIC ACTIVITY OF THE HEART; 15. 12-lead ECG Lead Systems; 16. Vectorcardiographic Lead Systems; 17. Other ECG Lead Systems; 18. Distortion Factors in the ECG; 19. The Basis of ECG Diagnosis; 20. Magnetocardiography; PART VI: ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC STIMULATION OF NEURAL TISSUE; 21. Functional Electrical Stimulation; 22. Magnetic Stimlation of Neural Tissue; PART VII: ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC STIMULATION OF THE HEART; 23. Cardiac Pacing; 24. Cardiac Defibrillation; PART VIII: MEASUREMENT OF THE INTRINSIC ELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; 25. Bioelectric Basis of Impedance Plethysmography; 26. Impedance Tomography; 27. The Electrodermal Response; PART IX: OTHER BIOELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; 28. The Electrical Signals Originating in the Eye

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