A procedure to estimate the electric field induced in human body exposed to unknown magnetic sources

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2013 Apr;154(2):157-63. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncs168. Epub 2012 Aug 16.

Abstract

The paper proposes and discusses a boundary element procedure able to predict the distribution of the electric field induced in a human body exposed to a low-frequency magnetic field produced by unknown sources. As a first step, the magnetic field on the body surface is reconstructed starting from the magnetic field values detected on a closed surface enclosing the sources. Then, the solution of a boundary value problem provides the electric field distribution inside the human model. The procedure is tested and validated by considering different non-uniform magnetic field distributions generated by a Helmholtz coil system as well as different locations of the human model.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Electricity*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Fields / adverse effects*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Phantoms, Imaging