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

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 205-213

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

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial heart; Current density; Electromagnetic induction; Energy transmission; Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ENERGY TRANSMISSION; OUTPUT VOLTAGE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR); TRANSMISSION LINE MODELING METHOD;

TISSUE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY FAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; MUSCLE; RADIATION; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SKIN;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 37349066285     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.900550     Document Type: Article

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