New horizons in bioelectromagnetics and bioimaging

Bioelectromagnetics is an interdisciplinary field where electromagnetics, biology and medicine overlap. Recent advances in bioelectromagnetics and bioimaging for medical applications are reviewed and discussed based on the results obtained mainly in our laboratory. The review includes transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the human brain, imaging of electrical information in the brain based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) such as impedance MRI and current MRI, cancer therapy using magnetizable beads and pulsed magnetic fields, magnetic control of cell orientation and cell growth, and effects of radio-frequency (RF) magnetic fields on iron ion release and uptake from and into iron cage proteins, ferritins. These techniques are leading medicine and biology into a new horizon through the novel applications of magnetism and electromagnetics.