Electric field induced in cells in the human body when this is exposed to low-frequency electric fields
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 58 (2) , 2363-2369
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.58.2363
Abstract
A detailed analysis is carried out of the electric field induced in a cell when the body is exposed to an incident axial electric field at 50–60 Hz. It is shown that the field in a spherical cell is effectively shielded by the membrane so that the induced field in its interior is negligibly small. It is also shown that the induced electric field in a cylindrical cell (which is long compared to its radius) is the same as the axial field outside the cell. In this case, the cell membrane has no shielding effect.Keywords
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