Electromagnetic fields and human body: A new challenge for the electromagnetic field computation

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 457-469

  Siauve, N ^a   Scorretti, R ^a   Burais, N ^a   Nicolas, L ^a   Nicolas, A ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Bioelectromagnetics; Finite element method; Modelling; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; PERMITTIVITY;

AS LOW AS REASONABLE ACHIEVABLE PRINCIPLE; BLOOD CIRCULATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0042522708     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321640310474868     Document Type: Article

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