Bioelectromagnetism
Chapters
The Chapters are in pdf-format. Preface 1. Introduction, 3 I ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BIOELECTROMAGNETISM 2. Nerve and Muscle Cells, 33 3. Subthreshold Membrane Phenomena, 44 4. Active Behavior of the Membrane, 66 5. Synapse, Reseptor Cells, and Brain, 106 6. The Heart, 119 II BIOELECTRIC SOURCES AND CONDUCTORS AND THEIR MODELING 7. Volume Source and Volume Conductor, 133 8. Source-field Models, 148 9. Bidomain Model of Multicellular Volume Conductors, 159 10. Electronic Neuron Models, 169 III THEORETICAL METHODS IN BIOELECTROMAGNETISM 11. Theoretical Methods for Analyzing Volume Sources and Volume Conductors, 185 12. Theory of Biomagnetic Measurements, 227 IV ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRIC ACTIVITY OF NEURAL TISSUE 13 Electroencephalography, 257 14. Magnetoencephalography, 265 V ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRIC ACTIVITY OF THE HEART 15. 12-Lead ECG System, 277 16. Vectorcardiographic Lead Systems, 290 17. Other ECG Lead Systems, 307 18. Distortion Factors in the ECG, 313 19. The Basis of ECG Diagnosis, 320 20. Magnetocardiography, 336 VI ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC STIMULATION OF NEURAL TISSUE 21. Functional Electric Stimulation, 363 22. Magnetic Stimulation of Neural Tissue, 375 VII ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC STIMULATION OF THE HEART 23. Cardiac Pacing, 385 24. Cardiac Defibrillation, 393 VIII MEASUREMENT OF THE INTRINSIC ELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES 25. Impedance Pletysmography, 405 26. Impedance Tomography, 420 27 The Electrodermal Response, 428 IX OTHER BIOELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA 28. The Electric Signals Originating in the Eye, 437 APPENDIXES A. Consistent System of Rectangular and Spherical Coordinates for Electrocardiology and Magnetocardiology, 449 B. The Application of Maxwell's Equations in Bioelectromagnetism, 455