Title :
Electromagnetic field coupling into cardiac pacemaker systems — Numerical simulation using body models with dispersive dielectric tissues
Author :
Schenke, Stefan ; Fichte, Lars-Ole ; Sutter, Florian ; Clemens, Markus ; Dickmann, Stefan
Author_Institution :
Helmut-Schmidt Univ., Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
A novel method for calculating the influence of an electromagnetic field to an implanted cardiac pacemaker (PMK) is presented. For this a detailed human body model is used with the implementation of every tissue as a dispersive dielectric material. This way enables the calculation of the off-load voltage at the PMK´s input over a wide frequency band within one simulation. A conclusion and an outlook to further studies is presented.
Keywords :
biological effects of fields; cardiology; electromagnetic fields; pacemakers; body models; cardiac pacemaker; dispersive dielectric tissues; electromagnetic field coupling; implants; Biological system modeling; Dielectric materials; Dispersion; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Humans; Numerical simulation; Pacemakers; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2009. EMC 2009. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4266-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4058-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISEMC.2009.5284573