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

• Published in: IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering Vol. 53; no. 6; p. 1220
• Main Authors: Seaman, R.L., Comeaux, J.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.06.2006; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Animals; Biological system modeling; Bone Marrow Cells - physiology; Bone Marrow Cells - radiation effects; Computer Simulation; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Electromagnetic Fields; Electrostatic discharge; History; Humans; Magnetic fields; Mathematical model; Membrane Potentials - physiology; Membrane Potentials - radiation effects; Models, Biological; Muscles; Neurons - physiology; Neurons - radiation effects; Radiation Dosage; Radiometry - methods; Static Electricity; strength-duration curve; Testing; threshold; Ultra wideband technology; ultra-wideband pulse; Voltage
• ISSN: 0018-9294; 1558-2531
• DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.870214

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 as, 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).