Title :
Recent advances in the instrumentation of bioelectromagnetics research
Author :
Olsen, Richard G.
Author_Institution :
US Naval Aerosp. Med. Res. Lab., Pensacola, FL, USA
Abstract :
Three principle types of instrumentation-assisted measurements conducted in studies of bioelectromagnetics are discussed: measurements of incident electric or magnetic field intensities (E-fields and H-fields, respectively) or equivalent power densities; biological response measurements such as heart rate, motor activity, tissue temperature, etc.; and measurements of EM dose or dose rate induced in a particular subject by the irradiation. The use of the specific absorption rate (SAR, in watts per kilogram) as the international unit of EM dose rate is considered
Keywords :
biological techniques and instruments; biomagnetism; electric field measurement; magnetic field measurement; radiation effects; temperature measurement; E-fields; EM dose rate; H-fields; bioelectromagnetics; biological response measurements; electric field measurement; heart rate; magnetic field intensities; motor activity; specific absorption rate; tissue temperature; Biological tissues; Density measurement; Electric variables measurement; Heart rate; Instruments; Magnetic field measurement; Particle measurements; Power measurement; Specific absorption rate; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1988. IMTC-88. Conference Record., 5th IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1988.10830
