The effects of body posture, anatomy, age and pregnancy on the calculation of induced current densities at 50 Hz.
This paper presents calculations of the induced current density in the body at 50 Hz from applied electric and magnetic fields. An extensive ensemble of 25 voxel models has been used to investigate the effects of body posture, anatomy, age and pregnancy. This set includes six adult models, eight child models and seven pregnant female models at various stages of gestation. The four postures investigated in the HPA adult model, NORMAN, were the standard position with the arms at the side, with the arms vertically above the head, the arms horizontally to the side and sitting.
Dimbylow
Peter
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Health Protection Agency, Radiation Protection Division, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0RQ, UK. peter.dimbylow@hpa.org.uk
Findlay
Richard
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D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001822:Body Burden; D049628:Body Size / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004560:Electricity; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult