Electromagnetic Interaction with Biological Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Medical Diagnostics and Therapy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Microwave Noninvasive Sensing of Physiological Signatures

      • James C. Lin

      Pages 3-25

   3. Microwave Radiometry and Thermography

      • Y. Leroy, A. Mamouni, J. C. Van de Velde, B. Bocquet

      Pages 27-38

   4. Progress in Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Medical Diagnosis

      • Hermann Weiss

      Pages 39-57

   5. Technical and Clinical Advances in Hyperthermia Treatment of Cancer

      • J. W. Hand

      Pages 59-80

3. Biological Effects and Mechanisms

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Biological Responses to Static and Time-Varying Magnetic Fields

      • T. S. Tenforde

      Pages 83-107

   3. Biological Effects of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation

      • W. Ross Adey

      Pages 109-140

   4. Biological Responses to Microwave Radiation: Reproduction, Development and Immunology

      • Huai Chiang, Binjie Shao

      Pages 141-163

   5. Pulsed Radiofrequency Field Effects in Biological Systems

      • James C. Lin

      Pages 165-177

   6. Physical Mechanisms for Electromagnetic Interaction with Biological Systems

      • Paolo Bernardi, Guglielmo D’Inzeo

      Pages 179-211

4. Safety Guides and Rationales

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213

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   2. Protection Guides for RF Radiations: Recent Developments in the U.S.A.

      • Don Justesen

      Pages 215-219

   3. Eastern European RF Protection Guides and Rationales

      • Stanislaw Szmigielski

      Pages 221-244

   4. Western European Population and Occupational RF Protection Guides

      • Kjell Hansson Mild

      Pages 245-255

   5. Canadian and Other National RF Protection Guides

      • Maria A. Stuchly

      Pages 257-269

   6. International Health Criteria Documents and Guidelines for Electromagnetic Fields

      • P. Czerski, J. H. Bernhardt

      Pages 271-279

   7. Panel Discussion on Standards

      • John M. Osepchuk

      Pages 281-289

5. Back Matter

   Pages 291-300

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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.

• bioelectromagnetic
• biological effects
• electromagnetic
• electromagnetic fields
• magnetic fields
• magnetic resonance
• radiation protection

• Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA

  James C. Lin

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