Title :
Modelling assemblies of biological cells exposed to electric fields
Author :
Fear, E.C. ; Stuchly, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
Abstract :
The interaction mechanisms of electromagnetic (EM) fields at very low frequencies remain elusive. To better understand the behaviour of cells in EM fields, the authors model configurations of gap-junction connected cells using the finite element method. Their results verify simplified models used to estimate transmembrane potential in chains of gap-connected cells, and suggest that more complex models are required to describe the frequency behaviour of chains of cells
Keywords :
biological effects of fields; cellular effects of radiation; electric field effects; finite element analysis; physiological models; EM field interaction mechanism; biological cellular assemblies; cell chain frequency behaviour; gap-connected cell chains; gap-junction connected cells; transmembrane potential estimation; very low frequency electromagnetic fields; Assembly; Biological cells; Biological system modeling; Biological systems; Biomembranes; Cells (biology); Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Finite element methods; Frequency estimation;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1997. Engineering Innovation: Voyage of Discovery. IEEE 1997 Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
St. Johns, Nfld.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3716-6
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.1997.608312
