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. 1998 Feb;43(2):221-30.
doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/2/001.

Induced current densities from low-frequency magnetic fields in a 2 mm resolution, anatomically realistic model of the body

P J Dimbylow  1
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Induced current densities from low-frequency magnetic fields in a 2 mm resolution, anatomically realistic model of the body

P J Dimbylow. Phys Med Biol. 1998 Feb.

Abstract

This paper presents calculations of current density in a fine-resolution (2 mm) anatomically realistic voxel model of the human body for uniform magnetic fields incident from the front, side and top of the body for frequencies from 50 Hz to 10 MHz. The voxel phantom, NORMAN, has a height of 1.76 m and a mass of 73 kg. There are 8.3 million voxels in the body differentiated into 37 tissue types. Both the impedance method and the scalar potential finite difference method were used to provide mutual corroboration. Results are presented for the current density averaged over 1 cm2 in muscle, heart, brain and retina.

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