Title :
Efficient three-dimensional multiplatform electromagnetic simulator to analyze biological effects
Author :
Silva-Santos, Carlos H. ; Freitas, Igor J F ; Godoy, Rafael M B ; Gonçalves, Marcos S. ; Hernández, Marli G F ; Hernández-Figueroa, Hugo E. ; Almeida, Antonio M. ; Varanda, Daniel N. ; Souza, Henrique J.
Author_Institution :
State Univ. of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
This work presents a multi-platform three-dimensional computational electromagnetic environment called SSAR-BR. It was developed using free software and applied to design devices and analyze non-ionizing radiation effects in humans. The SSAR-BR integrates a CAD interface and pos-processing module developed in Java and the processing is performed by numerical methods in C++ (FDTD 3D) and Fortran (FEM 3D). This entire solution provides a sophisticated computational environment based on Software Engineering principles, which contributes with computational performance and components reuse. The evaluations tests were focused in the numerical accuracy and the human-machine interactions, providing successful results in both cases.
Keywords :
FORTRAN; biological effects of radiation; finite difference time-domain analysis; finite element analysis; human computer interaction; medical computing; physiological models; software engineering; 3D computational electromagnetic simulator; CAD interface; FEM; Fortran; SSAR-BR software; Software Engineering; biological effects; finite difference time domain; finite element method; human-machine interactions; numerical methods; specific absorption rate; Analytical models; Biological system modeling; Computational electromagnetics; Computational modeling; Design automation; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic radiation; Humans; Java; Radiation effects; Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD); Finite Element Method (FEM); Numerical Methods; Software Engineering; Specific Absorption Rate (SAR);
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2009 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Belem
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5356-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1679-4389
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2009.5427559