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    LABORATORY FOR RADIOELECTRONIC STUDIES OF BIOLOGICAL PWKTS
    Moscow IZVESTIYA in Russian 29 Dec 85 p 3
    [Article by B. Konovalov, Izvestiya science commentatkl
    [Abstract] The article reports on the work of a spe(~f~l laboratory for radio-
    electronic methods of studying biological objects, whi has been created at.
    the USSR Academy of Sciences' Institute of Radio Engh&_ering and Electronics
    (IRE). This research direction was initiated by Acaaim-ician Yu. V. Gulyayev.
    The head of the laboratory is Doctor of Phys cai-MatAqMaticai Sciences
    E. E. Godik. Research reportedly is being done in s~ areas: -electrical
    fields, magnetic fields, radiothermal radiation of i~&~hal organs, infrared
    radiation from th L q~,inescence of humans,
    e surface of the body, optical chem:tluu
    acoustic signals, and chemical composition of the elfT'nment directly
    surrounding humans.
    The author of the article visited the laboratory, which-loccupies the first
    floor of an old building in the center of Moscow. d-, "irk-first showed him a
    caj~e-like structure in which an electromagnetic system compensates for the
    effect of the Earth's magnetic field, so that magneltic-fields emanating from
    humans can berecorded. Godik explained that non-coplAqt magnetograms can
    provide more valuable information than electrocardiograms, for example. The
    physicists reportedly are working on this in collaboTation with the All-Union
    Cardiology Center. The laboratory also has a chamber.--which screens out
    external radio emissions. In this chamber, a radiom~,~er can record heat
    emission from deep within the body and measure intern~qlbody temperatures in
    seconds. It is said to be also possible to record detailed information in
    the superhigh-frequency radio range, so that the dist".ribution of temperatures
    throughout the body can be determined.
    The laboratory has a chamber with highly sensitive eloctrical-field sensors.
    They can, for example, record the Iseismicity"of th 6_~ib cage when one
    breathes. Heartbeat also affects the rib cage, andln~this chamber it is
    possible to record cardiograms by non-contact meth~ods ." 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 chemiluminesp pe 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 claimed 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.
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