Bioimpedance and Bioelectricity Basics

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Physicists (U. of Oslo) Grimnes and Marinsen became frustrated at the amount of time and effort they had to expend to find the basic information about bioimpedence, and so produced an introductory textbook for graduate students in biomedical engineering and biophysics. They draw from the several disciplines that are needed to explain and explore the subject, and use a unified set of terms. Their emphasis is on systems with galvanic contact to the tissue, not so much on the interaction between tissue and electromagnetic fields and waves. They keep their treatment down to one volume by excluding magnetism, limiting themselves to sine wave and step function variables rather than embarking on a more general treatment by the theory of Laplace transforms, and limiting the number of application examples.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
Bioimpedance and Bioelectricity Basics is unique in providing all the information needed to follow the interdisciplinary subjects of bioimpedance and bioelectricity without having to be a graduate student in the relevant fields. For the first time, one book offers the broadest possible introduction to all use and effects of electrical fields in tissue, dealing with the most basic chemical and physical functions of life. Very few books have covered the dielectric and electrochemical side of the subject, despite its importance; Bioimpedance and Bioelectricity Basics does. It also includes the electrical engineering concepts of network theory and the complex math needed. Up to now, there has been work done by physicists and engineers on one side, doctors and biologists on the other, this book fills the gap, providing the knowledge for both groups.

Key Features
* is one complete source and reference guide to a complex and disparate field
* gives the reader the latest research and applications
* is highly illustrated, with an indepth explanation of all mathematics


Book Info
Provides all the information needed to follow the interdisciplinary subjects of bioimpedance and bioelectricity without having to be a graduate student.


From the Back Cover
Bioimpedance and Bioelectricity Basics is unique in providing all the information needed to follow the interdisciplinary subjects of bioelectricity and bioimpedance, without having to be a graduate student in all the relevant fields. For the first time, one book offers the broadest possible introduction to all use and effects of electrical fields in tissue, dealing with the most basic chemical and physical functions of life. Very few books have covered the dielectric and electrochemical side of the subject, despite its importance. This book does so, starting from the duality of the electrical properties of tissue. Grimnes and Martinsen have succeeded in bringing together the physical and medical approaches, and show how using models from both fields can elucidate the whole subject.


Bioimpedance and Bioelectricity Basics:

* is one complete source and reference guide to a complex and disparate field
* gives the reader the latest research and applications
* is highly illustrated, with an indepth explanation of all mathematics

Bioimpedance and Bioelectricity Basics will be essential reading for graduate and postgraduate students in biomedical engineering or biophysics. Scientific personnel in research institutes and industrial research departments (producing medical and electrochemical instrumentation) will find the book invaluable. Medical doctors in neurology, cardiology, dermatology, electrophysiology, cell physiology and clinical chemistry will also find this a complete reference tool.


About the Author
Sverre Grimnes is a leader in the field of bioimpedance and bioelectricity. He has been chosen President of the International Committee for the Promotion of Research in bioimpedance. He has been appointed, along with Orjan Martinsen, to arrange the next international conference on bioimpedance in spring, 2001. Orjan Martinsen is a leader in the field of bioimpedance and bioelectricity. He has been appointed, along with Sverre Grimnes, to arrange the next international conference on bioimpedance in spring, 2001.


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Physicists (U. of Oslo) Grimnes and Marinsen became frustrated at the amount of time and effort they had to expend to find the basic information about bioimpedence, and so produced an introductory textbook for graduate students in biomedical engineering and biophysics. They draw from the several disciplines that are needed to explain and explore the subject, and use a unified set of terms. Their emphasis is on systems with galvanic contact to the tissue, not so much on the interaction between tissue and electromagnetic fields and waves. They keep their treatment down to one volume by excluding magnetism, limiting themselves to sine wave and step function variables rather than embarking on a more general treatment by the theory of Laplace transforms, and limiting the number of application examples. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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