M. Knoll, J. Rheinstein, G. F. Leonard, P. F. Highberg
{"title":"Influence of Light Air Ions on Human Visual Reaction Time","authors":"M. Knoll, J. Rheinstein, G. F. Leonard, P. F. Highberg","doi":"10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322923","url":null,"abstract":"An automatic electronic visual-reaction-time meter has been developed which includes a random-pulse generator controlled by nuclear radiation for starting the subject's light pulse. With this instrument (using radioactive ion generators) several hundred subjects have been investigated in over 12,900 tests. An influence of light atmospheric ions on the human reaction time has been found for ion currents between 106 and 109 inhaled ions per second or ion densities of about 103 to 106 ions/cm3. Inhaling positive or negative ions may increase or decrease the reaction time of different people or even of the same person after several hours. In this respect the influence of ions resembles the effect of many drugs on the human system. The effect disappears when the subject is breathing through the nose instead of the mouth.","PeriodicalId":86470,"journal":{"name":"IRE transactions on bio-medical electronics","volume":"8 1","pages":"239-245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322923","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62992882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Frontiers in Bio-Medical Engineering Education","authors":"G. C. Riggle","doi":"10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322911","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":86470,"journal":{"name":"IRE transactions on bio-medical electronics","volume":"8 1","pages":"208-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322911","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62992112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physiology in Bio-Medical Engineering","authors":"F. J. Sichel","doi":"10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322913","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":86470,"journal":{"name":"IRE transactions on bio-medical electronics","volume":"8 1","pages":"211-212"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322913","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62992393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medically- and Engineering-Oriented Facilities, Instruction, and Research in Bio-Medical Electronics","authors":"Bolie Vw, Swenson Mj, W. Boast, R. Getty","doi":"10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322921","url":null,"abstract":"The Iowa State University program in bio-medical electronics is characterized by the following features: 1) It has been in operation on an organized and documnented basis siince 1957. 2) It is jointly operated by the Colleges of Engineering and Veterinary Medicine, through an administrative committee of interdisciplinary composition. 3) It is conducted within the scope of the graduate college, and first and second minors in bio-medical electroniics are conferred. 4) The program chairman is trainied and experieniced in the engineering and the bio-medical sciences. 5) The objectives include the design and use of biomedical instrumentation, the use of engineering, concepts in bio-medical research, and the use of bio-medical concepts in engineering research. 6) The facilities include a specially designed bio-medical electronics laboratory building--a $407,500 structure which was jointly sponsored by the State of Iowa and the National Inistitute of Health. 7) The associated research projects are closely liniked to the training prograimi and deal with a wide variety of topics. 8) Numerous graduate students have been trained in biomedical electronics, some have acquired advanced degrees, and twelve have completed the 1960-1961 sequence of special courses. A program of the scope discussed here presumes that the current national growth of bio-medical electronics activities will continue. This assumption is supported by independent findings published in recent reports of the United States Congress.","PeriodicalId":86470,"journal":{"name":"IRE transactions on bio-medical electronics","volume":"8 1","pages":"229-233"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322921","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62992719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hickman Dm, L. Geddes, H. Hoff, M. Hinds, A. G. Moore, C. K. Francis, T. Engen
{"title":"A Portable Miniature Transistorized Radio-Frequency Coupled Cardiac Pacemaker","authors":"Hickman Dm, L. Geddes, H. Hoff, M. Hinds, A. G. Moore, C. K. Francis, T. Engen","doi":"10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322926","url":null,"abstract":"A miniature, transistorized radio-frequency-coupled cardiac pacemaker was developed to eliminate wires penetrating the skin when electrodes are placed on the heart to drive it. The design also eliminates the need for totally implanting a pacemaker with its batteries. The stimulating impulse is transmitted via amplitude modulation to a tuned circuit and detector assembly implanted below the skin. The output of the detector is connected to electrodes directly on the heart, making external control of the heart rate possible. In operation, the pacemaker transmitter is placed on the surface of the body above the receiver implant. The size of the unit is 4×13/4 ×13/2 inches. It weighs three ounces.","PeriodicalId":86470,"journal":{"name":"IRE transactions on bio-medical electronics","volume":"8 1","pages":"258-262"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322926","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62993321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical Electronics at the University of Vermont","authors":"H. M. Smith","doi":"10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322920","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":86470,"journal":{"name":"IRE transactions on bio-medical electronics","volume":"8 1","pages":"228-228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322920","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62992548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Specialized Courses Required in Bio-Medical Engineering Science","authors":"S. A. Talbot","doi":"10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322915","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":86470,"journal":{"name":"IRE transactions on bio-medical electronics","volume":"8 1","pages":"216-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322915","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62992907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bio-Medical Engineering Program at Drexel Institute of Technology","authors":"D. H. L. Croissette","doi":"10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322919","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":86470,"journal":{"name":"IRE transactions on bio-medical electronics","volume":"8 1","pages":"227-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322919","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62992933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bio-Medical Electronics past and Present","authors":"H. Schwan","doi":"10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322922","url":null,"abstract":"A brief review of the development of the field of bio-medical electronics and its present status is presented. Topics include development, description of the field, industry education and future outlook.","PeriodicalId":86470,"journal":{"name":"IRE transactions on bio-medical electronics","volume":"8 1","pages":"234-238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322922","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62992807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}