Effect of the averaging volume and algorithm on the in situ electric field for uniform electric- and magnetic-field exposures

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Hirata, Akimasa ^a,b   Takano, Yukinori ^a   Kamimura, Yoshitsugu ^b   Fujiwara, Osamu ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; IN-SITU; MAXIMAL VALUES; NERVE TISSUE; QUASI-STATIC; STRAIGHT-LINE SEGMENTS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TISSUE;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETISM; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77951161361     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/9/N03     Document Type: Article

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