LABORATORY FOR RADIOELECTRONIC STUDIES OF BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS

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• Document Release Date: May 12, 2000
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• Publication Date: December 29, 1985
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LABORATORY FOR RADIOELECTRpNIC STUDIES OF BIOLOGICAL.OJECTS
Moscow IZVESTIYA in Russian 29 Dec 85 p 3 _
[Article by B. Konovalov, Izvestiya science commeritat~}:
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[Abstract] The article reports on the work of a special laboratory for radio-
electronic methods of studying biological objects, whic~i has been created at.
the USSR Academy of Sciences' Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics
(IRE). Th's research direction was initiated by Aead~~ncian Yu. U. Gulyayev.
The h, ead of the a ora ory is oc or o ysica - a ema ica ciences
E. E. Godik. Research reportedly is being done in s~~n areas: electrical
fields, magnetic fields, radiothermal radiation of i* 'rnal organs, infrared
radiation from the surface of the body, optical chem. ~,Lninescence of humans,
acoustic signals, and chemical composition of the er~vronment directly
surrounding humans. ~
The author of the article visited the laboratory, which occupies the first
floor of an old building in .the center of Moscow. Gad first showed him a
cafe-like structure in which an electromagnetic system compensates for the
effect of the Earth's magnetic field, so that magnetl.G fields emanating from
humans can be recorded. Godik explained that non-confect magnetograms can
provide more valuable information than electrocardia tarns, for example. The
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physicists reportedly are working on this in collaboration with the All-Union
Cardiology Center. The laboratory also has a chamber ~rhich screens out
external radio emissions. In this chamber, a radiometer can record heat
emission from deep within the body and measure intern~l__body temperatures in
seconds. It is said to be also possible to record detailed information in
the superhigh-frequency radio range, so that the distribution of temperatures
throughout the body can. be determined.
The laboratory has a chamber with highly sensitive e,l,e~trical-field sensors.
They can, for example, record the 'seismicity'~of they-rib cage when one
breathes. Heartbeat also affects the rib cage, and`~.n this chamber it is
possible to record cardiograms by non-contact methods. The sensors also can
record the movement of muscles, which is said to open up possibilities for
remote monitoring of the emotional state of humans.
Another facility is a darkroom in which chemilumineseence of the human body
is recorded. Its instruments are capable of recording+_individual photons.
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The intensity and distribution of luminescence along the body are said to
depend on its condition, and this can serve as a diagnostic tool for detecting
tumors and determining the degree of burns, for example. The laboratory also
has laser instruments for measuring chemical compounds in the air directly
surrounding the body in amounts as small as 10 molecules per .cubic centimeter.
The laboratory has developed an infrared television process which is likened
to time-lapse photography. It is c aimed that for the first- time in the
world, dynamic processes occurring in the cerebral cortex of animals have
been made visible in real time, without opening the skull. Studies have been
made of how these processes are affected by various types of stimuli; visual,
auditory, and drugs. These studies are being done with scientists of the
USSR Academy of Sciences' Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neuro-
physiology.
It is noted that most of the laboratory's associates are recent graduates of
the Moscow Physical-Technical Institute. Work reportedly is under way on
creating a research chamber in which all the different technologies can be
combined in unique isolation from the external environment.
FTD/SNAP
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CSO; 1840/382
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