Abstract :
A number of experimental inquiries are presently in progress in the field of Neurosurgery where ac and dc magnetic fields have been utilized to advance the therapy of neurologic disease. A Conference on Neuromagnetics was organized by the Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, to bring together scientists, engineers, and neurosurgeons to survey the present state of the art. From the following summary of the proceedings, it is apparent that the present major interests lie in controlled noncommunicating methods of producing brain lesions, the control and heating of microparticles within the cerebro-vascular system, and the external control of intra-arterial catheters. Also reviewed are presentations in basic magnetics, induction heating, and metallurgy. There is good reason to believe that some of the techniques described will have significant application in clinical therapeutics.
