Numerical Simulation of Annular Phased Arrays for Anatomically Based Models Using the FDTD Method

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 118-126

  Wang, Chang Qing ^a   Gandhi, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS, DIPOLE--COMPUTER SIMULATION; ANTENNAS, SLOT--COMPUTER SIMULATION; ANTENNAS--PHASED ARRAYS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

ANNULAR PHASED ARRAYS; FDTD METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0024478852     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.20030     Document Type: Article

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