Reflection and transmission of pulsed electromagnetic fields through multilayered biological media

Author

Palombini, C.L. ; Oughstun, K.E.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

12-16 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

283

Lastpage

286

Abstract

The reflection and transmission of ultrawideband electromagnetic pulses through multi-layered biological media consisting of three biological tissue layers representing skin, fat and muscle is analyzed. The frequency dependent reflection and transmission coefficients of the multilayer stack are computed using the transfer matrix method. Each of the three tissues is modeled as a homogeneous, isotropic, linear, dispersive, attenuative, dielectric with frequency dispersion described by a multiple relaxation Rocard-Powles-Debye model fit to experimental data.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; dielectric materials; electromagnetic wave reflection; electromagnetic wave transmission; muscle; physiological models; skin; transfer function matrices; attenuative tissues; biological tissue layers; dielectric tissues; dispersive tissues; fat; frequency dispersion; homogeneous tissues; isotropic tissues; linear tissues; multilayered biological media; multiple relaxation Rocard-Powles-Debye model; muscle; pulsed electromagnetic fields; reflection coefficient; skin; transfer matrix method; transmission coefficient; ultrawideband electromagnetic pulses; Biological system modeling; Data models; Dispersion; Media; Muscles; Permittivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-976-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2011.6046304

Filename

6046304