Obtaining source current density related to irregularly structured electromagnetic target field inside human body using hybrid inverse/FDTD method

ABSTRACT

Inverse method is inherently suitable for calculating the distribution of source current density related with an irregularly structured electromagnetic target field. However, the present form of inverse method cannot calculate complex field–tissue interactions. A novel hybrid inverse/finite-difference time domain (FDTD) method that can calculate the complex field–tissue interactions for the inverse design of source current density related with an irregularly structured electromagnetic target field is proposed. A Huygens’ equivalent surface is established as a bridge to combine the inverse and FDTD method. Distribution of the radiofrequency (RF) magnetic field on the Huygens’ equivalent surface is obtained using the FDTD method by considering the complex field–tissue interactions within the human body model. The obtained magnetic field distributed on the Huygens’ equivalent surface is regarded as the next target. The current density on the designated source surface is derived using the inverse method. The homogeneity of target magnetic field and specific energy absorption rate are calculated to verify the proposed method.

KEYWORDS:

• Inverse method
• finite-difference time domain method
• field–tissue interactions
• Huygens’ equivalent surface
• specific energy absorption rate

Declaration of Interests

This study was partially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (numbers 2016YFC0100800, 2016YFC0100801), National Natural Science Foundation of China (numbers 61172034, 61528102, 61671229), Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China (number 2014J4100160), Science and Technology Program of Guangdong, China (numbers 2015B020214006, 2016A050502026), Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (number 2015A030313234), Science and Technology Program of Shanghai (number 15441907500).