Magnetic Induction at 60 Hz in the Human Heart: A Comparison between the in Situ and Isolated Scenarios

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 233-243

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human heart dosimetry; Induced electric fields; Low frequency magnetic induction; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEALTH RISKS; HEART; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FIELD LEVEL; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN HEART; HUMAN HEART DOSIMETRY; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; LOW-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC INDUCTION; LOWER FREQUENCIES; SCALAR POTENTIAL; VOXEL BASED MODELING;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032601722     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1999)20:4<233::AID-BEM4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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