Use of the z-transform to investigate nanopulse penetration of biological matter

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 389-397

  Su, S ^a   Dai, Weizhong ^b   Haynie, Donald T ^b,c   Simicevic, N ^b,c  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

^c Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cole cole expression; FDTD; Maxwell's equations; Ultra wideband (UWB); z transform

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; TISSUE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); Z TRANSFORMS;

BIOLOGICAL MATTER; COLE-COLE EXPRESSIONS; DIELECTRICS PROPERTY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FAST RISE TIME; SHORT DURATIONS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND; ULTRA-WIDEBAND PULSE; ULTRAWIDE BAND; Z-TRANSFORM;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD; BREAST; DEVICE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NANOPULSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 22044432476     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20120     Document Type: Article

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