Use of the frequency-dependent finite-difference time-domain method for induced current and SAR calculations for a heterogeneous model of the human body

This paper describes the use of the previously for mutated Frequency-Dependent Finite-Difference Time-Domain ((FD)2TD) method for analysis of an anatomically based heterogeneous man model exposed to ultra-wide-band electromagnetic pulse sources. The human tissues' electrical permittivities, ε*(ω), are described by Debye equations with two relaxation constants, and the equation D(t) = ε*(ω)E(t) is converted to a finite difference equation along with the Maxwell's equations used by the standard FDTD method. Using a single run with a broad-band pulse excitation, the (FD)2TD methods is used to calculate mass normalized rates of energy deposition (specific absorption rates or SAR's) and induced currents in the man model over a broad band of frequencies. Time-domain coupling of a representative ultrashort pulse of subnanosecond rise time and nanosecond pulse duration to the human body is also examined.