A Finite Element Procedure Based on a Boundary Value Approach for the Evaluation of the Electromagnetic Exposure in Biological Phantoms

Caorsi, Salvatore and Bermani, Emanuela and Massa, Andrea (2002) A Finite Element Procedure Based on a Boundary Value Approach for the Evaluation of the Electromagnetic Exposure in Biological Phantoms. UNSPECIFIED.

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    Abstract

    In this paper, a finite element method, based on a boundary value approach, for the evaluation of the electric field distribution in exposed biological phantoms is presented. Starting from the measurement of the electric field around the phantom, the field prediction is obtained by solving a boundary value problem. This allows to avoid the description of the electromagnetic source and the estimation of the electric field distribution also when the illuminating source is unknown or when its numerical model is not available. In order to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach, some numerical results, concerning a two dimensional geometry, are provided. Firstly, the accuracy and validity of the electromagnetic prediction are assessed by comparing numerical with reference solutions (analytically computed). Then, in order to demonstrate the efficiency, the robustness and capability of this technique, different measurement strategies, noisy environments and errors in the data acquisition are taken into account. (c) 2002 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works.

    Item Type: Departmental Technical Report
    Department or Research center: Information Engineering and Computer Science
    Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics (General) > QC661 Electromagnetic Theory
    Q Science > QC Physics (General) > QC760 Electromagnetism
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Boundary value approach; Electromagnetic interactions; Bioelectromagnetics; Finite element method
    Report Number: DISI-11-093
    Repository staff approval on: 28 Mar 2011

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