ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the basics of available functional data used to create bioelectric/biomagnetic images, the actual image generation process and bioeffects. Biomagnetic and bioelectric imaging is used to study and understand human organs. Three-Dimensional models, together with the surface-potential maps, conform the bioelectric/biomagnetic image. Heart bioelectric/biomagnetic imaging is a new technique that has been used mainly for research purposes. The electrocardiogram is an array of time series representing the electric activity of the heart at some predetermined locations. However, the diagnostic advantages of a bioelectric image of the heart do not outweigh the open-heart surgery. A bioelectric or biomagnetic study is often used for epilepsy patients that will undergo brain surgery or to understand the behavior of the brain under certain circumstances. There are no negative biological effects associated with bioelectric imaging. Some examples of biosusceptometry are magnetopneumography, liver susceptometry and magnetic susceptibility plethysmography.
