title: A numerical method for the computation of induced currents inside 3-D heterogeneous biological bodies by ELF--LF electric fields.
abstract: A numerical technique, based on the combination of surface-charge integral equations (SCIE) and an impedance network method, has been developed to compute internal electric fields and currents inside 3-D heterogeneous biological bodies with arbitrary grounding impedances induced by ELF-LF electric fields. The method has been applied to a biological concentric-sphere and the numerical results agree well with an existing analytical solution. Numerical results of the induced current inside a simplified heterogeneous model of the human head computed by this method are also presented.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001830:Body Surface Area; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012886:Skull / Q000502:physiology*