Computational techniques in bioelectromagnetics: safety assessment and medical applications

Author

Gandhi, Om P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

490

Lastpage

492

Abstract

We describe two computational techniques that have been extensively used to calculate the coupling of electromagnetic fields to an anatomically-based models of the human body from ELF to microwave frequencies. The focus of the talk is on applications both for the quasi-static impedance method used at low frequencies, and on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method used for RF and microwaves.

Keywords

biological effects of microwaves; electric impedance; electromagnetic coupling; electromagnetic induction; finite difference time-domain analysis; safety; ELF; FDTD method; anatomically-based models; bioelectromagnetics; computational techniques; coupling; electromagnetic fields; finite-difference time-domain method; human body; medical applications; microwaves; quasi-static impedance method; safety assessment; Biological system modeling; Biomedical equipment; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Finite difference methods; Humans; Medical services; Safety; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Electromagnetics and Its Applications, 1999. Proceedings. (ICCEA '99) 1999 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5802-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEA.1999.825187

Filename

825187