High-resolution organ dosimetry for human exposure to low-frequency magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 708-718

  Dawson, Trevor W ^a,b   Stuchly, Maria A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological organs; Conductivity; Electromagnetic field effects; Finite difference methods; Frequency domain analysis; Magnetic field effects; Power transmission biological effects

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; CURRENT DENSITY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INDUCED CURRENTS; TISSUE;

ORGAN DOSIMETRY; SCALAR POTENTIAL FINITE DIFFERENCE (SPFD) METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0032069710     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.668071     Document Type: Article

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