Use of the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method in Calculating EM Absorption in Human Tissues

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-34, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 148-157

  Sullivan, Dennis M ^a   Borup, David T ^a   Gandhi, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIATION DOSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - TISSUE; COMPUTERS - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

CRAY II COMPUTER; HUMAN TORSO;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0023289454     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1987.326039     Document Type: Article

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