Model of the electromagnetic power pattern of the AIDS virus

Author

Samurin, Yevgeniy ; Giles, Sammie, Jr. ; Vayo, Harris W. ; Johnson, Jeffrey

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Toledo Univ., OH, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

2004

Firstpage

509

Lastpage

511

Abstract

We designed an antenna model of the spherically distributed receptors of the HIV. The model consisted of a combination of electric Hertzian dipole and magnetic dipole antennas. We derived field equations for a 72-element spherical array of electric dipoles, and field equations for a 72-element array of magnetic dipoles. We combined these equations using superposition to model the virus receptors as receiving antennas. The resulting power pattern showed definite maximums at 80- and 280-degree positions, suggesting the virus acted as a radar when scanning for objects such as foreign cells. This work extended results of treating the AIDS virus as an antenna.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; biomedical engineering; dipole antenna arrays; magnetic moments; microorganisms; patient treatment; receiving antennas; AIDS virus; antenna model; electric Hertzian dipole; electromagnetic power pattern; foreign cells; magnetic dipole antennas; receiving antennas; spherical array; spherically distributed receptors; virus receptors; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Antenna arrays; Biomedical engineering; Computer science; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic modeling; Equations; Mathematics; Receiving antennas; Toroidal magnetic fields;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Theory, 2004. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Southeastern Symposium on

ISSN

0094-2898

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8281-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSST.2004.1295710

Filename

1295710