Calculation of Electric Fields and Currents Induced in a Millimeter- Resolution Human Model at 60 Hz Using the FDTD Method

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 293-299

  Furse, C M ^a   Gandhi, O P ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Electric field; FDTD method; Induced currents; Numerical simulation; Power lines; Safety guidelines

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; INDUCED CURRENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ANATOMICALLY BASED MODEL; CALCULATION OF ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FREQUENCY RANGING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN MODELLING; POWER LINES; RESOLUTION MODELING; SAFETY GUIDELINES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031604241     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:5<293::aid-bem3>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Article

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