Three-dimensional automatic mesh generation for hybrid electromagnetic simulations

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-85

  Wang, Shumin ^a   Duyn, Jeff H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD methods; Finite difference methods; Finite element methods; Head; Magnetic resonance imaging; Matrix inversion; Mesh generation; Radar cross sections; Time domain analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MESH GENERATION; BUFFER ZONES; CHOLESKY DECOMPOSITION; CLOSED STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FDTD METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE-ELEMENT; HEAD; HYBRID MESH GENERATION; HYBRID MESHES; HYBRID SIMULATION; LOW PROFILE; MATRIX; MATRIX INVERSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TETRAHEDRAL MESHES; TIME DOMAIN; TIME-DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 68249158128     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2009.5162020     Document Type: Article

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