An Analytical Model for the Calculation of the Change in Transmembrane Potential Produced by an Ultrawideband Electromagnetic Pulse

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-259

  Hart, Francis X ^a   Easterly, Clay E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Electric field; High peak power pulses; Mie scattering; Nonionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC FIELD PULSE; FOURIER COMPONENTS; HIGH-PEAK-POWER PULSE; MIE'S SCATTERING; NONIONIZING RADIATION; PULSE-SHAPE; TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIALS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND PULSE;

SPHERES;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 2342627141     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10196     Document Type: Article

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