Analysis of specific absorption rate and current density in biological tissues surrounding energy transmission transformer for an artificial heart: Using magnetic resonance imaging-based human body model

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Higaki, Naoya ^a   Shiba, Kenji ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial heart; Current density; International Commission on Non Ionizing Radiation Protection; Specific absorption rate; Transcutaneous energy transmission

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; HEART; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION SHIELDING; TISSUE;

ABSORPTION CURRENTS; AIR-CORE COILS; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; ENERGY TRANSMISSION; ENERGY-TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; HUMAN BODY MODELLING; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON NON-IONIZING RADIATION PROTECTION; LIMITING VALUES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSMISSION;

IONIZING RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RIB; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; TRUNK;

EID: 75649143278     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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