Contents

Jaakko Malmivuo and Robert Plonsey:
Bioelectromagnetism - Principles and Applications of
Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Fields

 

1Introduction
PART IANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BIOELECTROMAGNETISM
2Nerve and Muscle Cells
3Subthreshold Membrane Phenomena
4Active Behavior of the Membrane
5Synapses, Receptor Cells, and Brain
6The Heart
PART IIBIOELECTRIC SOURCES AND CONDUCTORS AND THEIR MODELING
7Volume Source and Volume Conductor
8Source-field Models
9Bidomain Model of Multicellular Volume Conductors
10Electronic Neuron Models
PART IIITHEORETICAL METHODS IN BIOELECTROMAGNETISM
11Theoretical Methods for Analyzing Volume Sources and Volume Conductors
12Theory of Biomagnetic Measurements
PART IVELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRIC ACTIVITY OF NEURAL TISSUE
13Electroencephalography
14Magnetoencephalography
PART VELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRIC ACTIVITY OF THE HEART
1512-lead ECG-system
16Vectorcardiographic Lead Systems
17Other ECG Lead Systems
18Distortion Factors in the ECG
19The Basis of ECG Diagnosis
20Magnetocardiography
PART VIELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC STIMULATION OF NEURAL TISSUE
21Functional Electric Stimulation
22Magnetic Stimulation
PART VIIELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC STIMULATION OF THE HEART
23Cardiac Pacing
24Cardiac Defibrillation
PART VIIIMEASUREMENT OF THE INTRINSIC ELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES
25Impedance Plethysmography
26Impedance Tomography
27The Electrodermal Response
PART IXOTHER BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA
28The Electrical Signals Originating in the Eye
 APPENDIXES
AConsistent System of Rectangular and Spherical Coordinates for Electrocardiology and Magnetocardiology
BApplication of Maxwell's Equations in Bioelectromagnetism