Abstract
In this paper, we describe some of the recent applications of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for a number of problems in bioelectromagnetics. This method, used in the past for whole-body or partial-body exposures due to spatially uniform or nonuniform (far-field or near-field) sinusoidally varying electromagnetic fields, and for low-frequency transient fields, such as those for an electromagnetic pulse, has now been modified and used for the following new applications: 1. For short nanosecond pulses with ultrawide bandwidths, a frequency-dependent FDTD has been formulated, which uses frequency-variable properties of the various tissues using the best-fit two-relaxation-constant Debye equations. 2. The FDTD code has been modified and used for specific absorption rate (SAR) calculations for radiofrequency (RF) magnetic fields typical of new and emerging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. 3. Using scaled higher quasi-static frequencies, the FDTD method has been used for calculations of internal fields and induced current densities in an anatomically based model of the human body for electric, magnetic, or combined electromagnetic (EM) fields at power-line frequencies.
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