DocumentCode
3312600
Title
When is a field initiated bioeffect thermal?
Author
Polk, C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rhode Island Univ., RI, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1999
fDate
36434
Abstract
Physics and biology concepts important for understanding interaction of electric fields with biological systems are discussed with emphasis on how heating effects may be separated from non-thermal mechanisms. Electric fields from DC to millimeter waves are considered. Average amplitudes inside tissue important for eliciting different phenomena are indicated
Keywords
bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; biological tissues; biothermics; electric field effects; millimetre waves; DC electric fields; biological systems; field initiated bioeffect; nonthermal mechanisms; thermal effects; Biological materials; Biological tissues; Conducting materials; Current density; Dielectric materials; Electromagnetic heating; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Muscles; Resistance heating;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA
ISSN
1094-687X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5674-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804461
Filename
804461
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