Numerical simulation of nanopulse penetration of biological matter using the z-transform

Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-110

  Su, S ^a   Dai, W ^a   Haynie, D T ^a,b   Nassar, R ^a,b   Simicevic, N ^a  

^a Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological cell; FDTD; Maxwell's equations; Ultrashort electrical pulse; Z transform

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744387768     PISSN: 15701166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10852-004-3525-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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