title: Dosimetry in Japanese male and female models for a low-frequency electric field.
abstract: The present study quantified induced current in anatomically based Japanese male and female models for exposure to low-frequency electric fields. A quasi-static finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method was applied to analyze this problem. For our computational results, the difference of the induced current density averaged over an area of 1 cm(2) between Japanese male and female models was less than 30% for each nerve tissue. The difference of induced current density between the present study and earlier works was less than 50% for the same conductivities, despite the different morphology. Particularly, maximum current density in central nerve tissues appeared in the retina of Japanese models, the same as in the earlier works.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. ahirata@nitech.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akimasa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D001822:Body Burden; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004560:Electricity; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods*; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation / Q000379:methods*