title: Impact of the displacement current on low-frequency electromagnetic fields computed using high-resolution anatomy models.
abstract: We present a comparison of simulated low-frequency electromagnetic fields in the human body, calculated by means of the electro-quasistatic formulation. The geometrical data in these simulations were provided by an anatomically realistic, high-resolution human body model, while the dielectric properties of the various body tissues were modelled by the parametric Cole-Cole equation. The model was examined under two different excitation sources and various spatial resolutions in a frequency range from 10 Hz to 1 MHz. An analysis of the differences in the computed fields resulting from a neglect of the permittivity was carried out. On this basis, an estimation of the impact of the displacement current on the simulated low-frequency electromagnetic fields in the human body is obtained.
authors.affiliation: Institut füer Theorie Elektromagnetischer Felder, Schlossgartenstr. 8, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barchanski
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Gersem
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gjonaj
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weiland
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009928:Organ Specificity