A 3-D microdosimetric study on blood cells: A permittivity model of cell membrane and stochastic electromagnetic analysis

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 691-698

  Merla, Caterina ^a,b   Liberti, Micaela ^a   Apollonio, Francesca ^a   Nervi, Clara ^a   D'Inzeo, Guglielmo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Dielectric model; Erythrocyte; Microdosimetry; Quasi static solution

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CELLS; CELL MODEL; DIELECTRIC MODELING; DIELECTRIC MODELS; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; FIELD POLARIZATION; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; MICRODOSIMETRIC STUDY; NUMERICAL DATA; PERMITTIVITY MODEL; QUASI-STATIC;

BLOOD; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LAPLACE EQUATION; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77949540466     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2040338     Document Type: Article

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