Expert System for Modeling and Simulating the Action of Electric and Electromagnetic Fields on Biological Membranes

The biological effects and applications in the developing technology involving electric and electromagnetic fields are as promising as they are diverse. Their effects, leading to remission in certain patients, can be obtained through electroporation, electrochemotherapy, electrotherapy, electroimmunotherapy, and gene electrotherapy. The main therapeutic uses of electromagnetic fields (EMF) are the introduction of chemical or organic substances into opportunely opened cells (electro-chimiotherapy) and the stimulation of specific elements of the immune system (electro-immunotherapy). Their benefits can be modeled by the use of expert systems, constructed to mimic human reasoning. As well as testing new therapies, such systems can analyze and synthesize existing data, and provide a new pedagogical device, and can be implemented on the Internet network. These techniques can be performed conjointly with other therapies like X-ray therapy, neutrotherapy and, in certain conditions, will optimize their effects. Some mathematical models, representing the electromagnetic field's action on cellular membranes, have been elaborated by means of the SADT method (a structured hierarchy modular method) and implanted into the expert system SEI4. This expert system simulates the immune system's behavior when facing electromagnetic fields, in the face of immunodeficient illness such as some cancers or AIDS.

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