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Applied Bioelectricity

From Electrical Stimulation to Electropathology

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. J. Patrick Reilly

    1. Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, USA
      Metatec Associates, Silver Spring, USA

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  • Unique in its treatment of the short-term biological responses to electric currents and fields

  • Contains a chapter on developing standards for human exposure to electrical fields and currents

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • J. Patrick Reilly
    Pages 1-11

  3. Impedance and Current Distribution

    • J. Patrick Reilly
    Pages 12-72

  4. Electrical Principles of Nerve and Muscle Function

    • J. Patrick Reilly
    Pages 73-104

  5. Excitation Models

    • J. Patrick Reilly
    Pages 105-147

  6. Electrical Properties of the Heart

    • Hermann Antoni
    Pages 148-193

  7. Cardiac Sensitivity to Electrical Stimulation

    • J. Patrick Reilly
    Pages 194-239

  8. Sensory Responses to Electrical Stimulation

    • J. Patrick Reilly
    Pages 240-298

  9. Skeletal Muscle Response to Electrical Stimulation

    • James D. Sweeney
    Pages 299-340

  10. Stimulation via Electric and Magnetic Fields

    • J. Patrick Reilly
    Pages 341-411

  11. High-Voltage and High-Current Injuries

    • Michael A. Chilbert
    Pages 412-453

  12. Standards and Rationale

    • J. Patrick Reilly
    Pages 454-501

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 502-563
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Electric currents and electromagnetic fields have been applied to biological systems, particularly humans, with both therapeutic and pathological results. Applied Bioelectricity discusses biological responses to electric currents and electromagnetic fields, including medical applications and shock hazards. The book covers fundamental physical and engineering principles of responses to short-term electrical exposure and emphasizes human reactions, although animal responses to electricity are considered as well. The treatment covers reactions from the just-detectable to the clearly detrimental. An important new chapter discusses standards for human exposure to electromagnetic fields and electric current and demonstrates how these standards have been developed based on the principles treated in earlier chapters. J. Patrick Reilly is a member of the principal staff of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and is President of Metatec Associates.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, USA

    J. Patrick Reilly

  • Metatec Associates, Silver Spring, USA

    J. Patrick Reilly

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