A COMPLETE LINEAR DISCRETIZATION FOR CALCULATING THE MAGNETIC-FIELD USING THE BOUNDARY-ELEMENT METHOD

被引:85
作者
FERGUSON, AS [1 ]
ZHANG, X [1 ]
STROINK, G [1 ]
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[1] DALHOUSIE UNIV,DEPT PHYSIOL & BIOPHYS,HALIFAX,NS,CANADA
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10.1109/10.293220
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R318 [生物医学工程];
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0831 ;
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An analytic solution is derived for the magnetic field generated by current sources located in a piecewise homogeneous volume conductor. A linear discretization approach is used, whereby the surface potential is assumed to be a piecewise linear function over each tessellated surface defining the regions of differing conductivity. The magnetic field is shown to be a linear combination of vector functions which are strictly dependent on the geometry of the problem, the surface tesselation, and the observation point.
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