"Biomagnetics is an interdisciplinary field where magnetics, biology, and medicine overlap. Recent advances in biomagnetics have enabled us not only to detect extremely weak magnetic fields from the human brain but also to control cell orientation and cell growth by extremely high magnetic fields. Pulsed magnetic fields are used for transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human brain, and both high-frequency magnetic fields and magnetic nanoparticles have promising therapeutic applications for treatments of cancers and brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. On the imaging front, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is now a powerful tool for basic and clinical medicine. New methods of MRI based on the imaging of impedance of the human body, called impedance MRI, and the imaging of neuronal current activities in the human brain, called current MRI, are also being developed. To understand the most advanced technologies in biomagnetics, basic sciences such as physics, biology, chemistry, magnetics, electromagnetics, physiology, and neurophysiology are important to build a foundation and construct bridges between science and medicine. These basic items are included in this book"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Shoogo Ueno -- Principles of biomagnetic stimulation / Shoogo Ueno and Masaki Sekino -- Applications of biomagnetic stimulation for medical treatments and for brain research / Shoogo Ueno and Masaki Sekino -- Biomagnetic measurements / Sunao Iwaki -- Principles of magnetic resonance imaging / Masaki Sekino, Norio Iriguchi, and Shoogo Ueno -- Prospects of magnetic resonance imaging of impedance and electric currents / Masaki Sekino, Norio Iriguchi, and Shoogo Ueno -- Magnetic control of biological cell growth / Shoogo Ueno and Sachiko Yamaguchi-Sekino -- Effects of radio frequency magnetic fields on iron release and uptake from and into cage proteins / Oscar Cespedes and Shoogo Ueno -- Safety aspects of magnetic and electromagnetic fields / Sachiko Yamaguchi-Sekino, Tsukasa Shigemitsu , and Shoogo Ueno -- New horizons in biomagnetics and bioimaging / Shoogo Ueno and Masaki Sekino.