Voxel-based variable posture models of human anatomy

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2015-2025

  Nagaoka, Tomoaki ^a   Watanabe, Soichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic dosimetry; Human voxel model; Specific absorption rate; Volume refilling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MESH GENERATION; TISSUE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SURFACE CONTOUR INFORMATION; TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES; VOLUME REFILLING; VOXEL BASED MODELING; VOXEL MODELS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 70450230515     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2025662     Document Type: Article

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