Influence of Human Model Resolution on Computed Currents Induced in Organs by 60-Hz Magnetic Fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 478-490

  Dawson, Trevor W ^a   Caputa, Kris ^a   Stuchly, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

FDTD calculations; Impedance method; Low frequency magnetic induction; Numerical modelling; Organ dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

FDTD CALCULATIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HUMAN BODY MODELLING; IMPEDANCE METHOD; LOW-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC INDUCTION; LOWER FREQUENCIES; LOWER RESOLUTION; MODEL RESOLUTION; ORGAN DOSIMETRY; RESOLUTION MODELING;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030634633     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:7<478::AID-BEM3>3.0.CO;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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