title: The role of magnetic forces in biology and medicine.
abstract: The Lorentz force (the force acting on currents in a magnetic field) plays an increasingly larger role in techniques to image current and conductivity. This review will summarize several applications involving the Lorentz force, including (1) magneto-acoustic imaging of current; (2) 'Hall effect' imaging; (3) ultrasonically-induced Lorentz force imaging of conductivity; (4) magneto-acoustic tomography with magnetic induction; and (5) Lorentz force imaging of action currents using magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA. roth@oakland.edu
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001695:Biology / Q000379:methods*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008511:Medicine / Q000379:methods*