Computation of electromagnetic fields in assemblages of biological cells using a modified finite-difference time-domain scheme

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1986-1993

  See, Chan H ^b   Abd Alhameed, Raed A ^b   Excell, Peter S ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Floquet periodic boundary conditions; Quasi static method

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTATION GRID; FLOQUET PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; QUASI STATIC METHOD;

CELLS;

EID: 34548539208     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.904064     Document Type: Article

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