Author/Authors :
Zakaria, Zulkarnay University Malaysia Perlis - School of Mechatronic Engineering - Biomedical Electronic Engineering, Malaysia , Zakaria, Zulkarnay Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Faculty of Electrical Engineering - Control and Instrumentation Engineering Department, Process Tomography Research Group (PROTOM), Malaysia , Jumaah, Mohd Fahajumi University Malaysia Perlis - School of Mechatronic Engineering - Biomedical Electronic Engineering, Malaysia , Mansor, Mohd Saiful Badri University Malaysia Perlis - School of Mechatronic Engineering - Biomedical Electronic Engineering, Malaysia , Mat Daud, Khairi Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Faculty of Electrical Engineering - Control and Instrumentation Engineering Department, Process Tomography Research Group (PROTOM), Malaysia , Fazalul Rahiman, Mohd Hafiz Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Faculty of Electrical Engineering - Control and Instrumentation Engineering Department, Process Tomography Research Group (PROTOM), Malaysia , Abdul Rahim, Ruzairi Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Faculty of Electrical Engineering - Control and Instrumentation Engineering Department, Process Tomography Research Group (PROTOM), Malaysia , Syed Aman, Syed Mustafa Kamal Ministry of Health Malaysia - Federal Government Administrative Centre - Engineering Services Division, Biomedical Engineering Unit, Malaysia
Abstract :
Therapy is among the oldest medication technique in maintaining the health of the body especially from bad blood circulation, stroke and several others. This technique includes acupuncture, guasa and also massage. There are also modern therapy techniques like colour therapy, water therapy, ozone therapy, drug therapy and others. This paper will highlight electromagnetic therapy generator, a device which has the potential of therapy application in medical field. This device produce medium frequency magnetic field as a therapy source. This small scale medium frequency and low cost hardware that has been developed was tested on the biological tissue for the purpose of measuring the magnetic field penetration. The testing has proven that the generated magnetic field is able to penetrate the soft tissue up to 2 cm with distance from the source up to 7 cm. The capability of the system penetrations through the soft tissues provide the bright future of this research since magnetic field have shown the potential as being part of the therapy for curing migraine, stroke, cramp and several others besides the application in the magnetic induction tomography imaging.
Keywords :
Electromagnetic therapy, magnetic field, penetration, soft tissue , medical applications
