ELF magnetic fields generator, variable in intensity and frequency for biological applications

Author

García, E.J. ; Cardiel, E. ; Zamora, C. ; Vera, A. ; Hernández, P.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico

fYear

2005

fDate

7-9 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

188

Abstract

This article presents the design of an equipment that generates magnetic fields in extremely low frequencies (ELF), with variable intensity in the magnetic field, frequency and exposure time, to be used in biological tissues. The system consists of a Helmholtz coil and a programmable instrumentation to produce magnetic field intensities from 2 to 85 gauss, in a continuous or pulsed option. The duration of the pulses may vary from 1 to 10 seconds and the frequency can be programmed between 1 and 300 Hz. The testing time can be selected from 5, 10 and 15 minutes. The main use of this system is to explore the effect of the magnetic fields in MDCK-type cell cultures.

Keywords

biological effects of fields; biological tissues; biomagnetism; biomedical equipment; cellular biophysics; magnetic devices; 1 to 300 Hz; 2 to 85 gauss; ELF magnetic field generator; Helmholtz coils; MDCK-type cell culture; biological applications; extremely low frequency; magnetic field intensity; programmable instrumentation; Biological tissues; Bones; Coils; Electromagnetic fields; Frequency; Gaussian processes; Geophysical measurement techniques; Ground penetrating radar; Magnetic fields; Magnetic materials; ELF electromagnetic field; Helmholtz coil; MDCK cells;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2005 2nd International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9230-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEEE.2005.1529604

Filename

1529604