A Multi-Relaxation (FD)2-TD Method for Modeling Dispersion in Biological Tissues

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 526-528

  Cescatti, Lorenza ^c   Cristoforetti, Luca ^a  

^a Medical Biophysics Area Centro Materiali e Biofisica Medica ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c Deceased ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

FIRST ORDER PERMITTIVITY; MULTIRELAXATION APPROACH; PULSE EXCITATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION;

EID: 0028396316     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.277452     Document Type: Article

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