Robert C Pfeifer

US Patent:

43077269, Dec 29, 1981

Filed:

Sep 4, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/071992

Inventors:

James C. Paulson - San Mateo CA
Robert D. Pfeifer - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

A61B 505

US Classification:

128653

Abstract:

Beams of coherent microwaves or other frequencies of highly directional electromagnetic radiation are passed through the living human body to detect and provide a quantitative analysis of functional activity in the central nervous system and/or in muscle tissue such as that of the heart. Organs to be analyzed are situated in the space of an electrostatic field of oscillating intensity. The directional beam is passed through a body organ situated in this way. The method is of use in detecting degenerative subcortical disease in the brain (e. g. , Sulphatide Lipidosis), tissue damage to nerve fibers due to toxic chemicals, and other types of tissue-based functional abnormality. Functional condition of brain and heart generally can be readily analyzed without exposure to ionizing radiation.