Comments on "Evaluation of interactions of electric fields due to electrostatic discharge with human tissue".
Attention is drawn to recent paper by Rogers et al. (Aug., 2004) in which ultra-wideband pulses are applied to an isolated muscle as part of deriving a strength-duration curve for threshold stimulation. The paper extends the strength-duration threshold curve for unipolar pulses down to a pulse duration of about 1 ns, on the order of 1000 times shorter than previously studied. Results of the work justify use of traditional mathematical models of the strength-duration curve for nanosecond pulses, as done recently for the electric field resulting from electrostatic discharge through the body (Dawson, et al., 2004).
Seaman
Ronald L
RL
Advanced Information Engineering Services, General Dynamics, Brooks City-Base, TX 78235, USA. ronald.seaman.ctr@brooks.af.mil
Comeaux
James A
JA
D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D006801:Humans; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D008954:Models, Biological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods; D055672:Static Electricity