Title :
Numerical Analysis of the Electric Field Distribution within Complex Cell Structures
Author :
Pelletti, Chiara ; Monorchio, Agostino ; Rogovich, Alessandro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Pisa, Pisa
Abstract :
This paper shows the importance of using realistic cell shapes with the proper geometry and orientation to study the mechanism of direct cellular effects from RF exposure. For this purpose, the electric field distribution is computed, using the FDTD technique, in realistic cell models exposed to a linearly polarized plane wave of frequencies 900 MHz and 2.45 GHz. Furthermore, an insight on the mutual interactions between erythrocyte cell models shows that polarizing effects significantly affect the values of field intensity within the cell.
Keywords :
biological effects of fields; numerical analysis; FDTD technique; RF exposure; complex cell structures; direct cellular effects; electric field distribution; linearly polarized plane wave; numerical analysis; Biological cells; Biological system modeling; Biomembranes; Cells (biology); Distributed computing; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Geometry; Numerical analysis; Radio frequency; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2008. EuMC 2008. 38th European
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-2-87487-006-4
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751393