Comments on "Evaluation of interactions of electric fields due to electrostatic discharge with human tissue"

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2006 Jun;53(6):1220. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2006.870214.

Abstract

Attention is drawn to recent paper by Rogers et al. (Aug., 2004) in which ultra-wideband pulses are applied to an isolated muscle as part of deriving a strength-duration curve for threshold stimulation. The paper extends the strength-duration threshold curve for unipolar pulses down to a pulse duration of about 1 ns, on the order of 1000 times shorter than previously studied. Results of the work justify use of traditional mathematical models of the strength-duration curve for nanosecond pulses, as done recently for the electric field resulting from electrostatic discharge through the body (Dawson, et al., 2004).

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow Cells / physiology*
  • Bone Marrow Cells / radiation effects*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Fields*
  • Humans
  • Membrane Potentials / physiology
  • Membrane Potentials / radiation effects
  • Models, Biological*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Neurons / radiation effects*
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiometry / methods
  • Static Electricity*