GPU-based 3D-FDTD computation for electromagnetic field dosimetry

IEEE AFRICON Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nagaoka, Tomoaki ^a   Watanabe, Soichi ^a  

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

Author keywords

Electromagnetic safety; FDTD method; GPGPU; Human voxel model; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SAFETY; FDTD METHOD; GPGPU; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; VOXEL MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 82955226247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AFRCON.2011.6072180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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