Analysis of current density and specific absorption rate in biological tissue surrounding an air-core type of transcutaneous transformer for an artificial heart

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 5392-5395

  Shiba, Kenji ^a,b   Nukaya, Masayuki ^b   Tsuji, Toshio ^a,b   Koshiji, Kohji ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-CORE TYPE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR); TRANSCUTANEOUS TRANSFORMER;

ABSORPTION; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SKIN;

TISSUE;

ABSORPTION; AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ABSORPTION; AIR; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLES; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; SKIN;

EID: 34047181053     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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