Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Pacemaker interference and low-frequency electric induction in humans by external fields and electrodes.

T W Dawson1, M A Stuchly, K Caputa

  • 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, BC, Canada.

IEEE Transactions on Bio-Medical Engineering
|September 29, 2000
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

First Reported Case of Malignant Ectomesenchymoma with p.Leu122Arg Mutation in MYOD1 Gene: Extensive Intra- and Extracranial Tumor in a 15-Year-Old Female.

Head and neck pathology·2023
Same author

IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation-COMAR Technical Information Statement: Health and Safety Issues Concerning Exposure of the General Public to Electromagnetic Energy from 5G Wireless Communications Networks.

Health physics·2020
Same author

Is it possible to eliminate hepatitis C from the prisons of Catalonia, Spain, in 2021?

Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciaria·2019
Same author

Safety of immunotherapy with glutaraldehyde modified allergen extracts in children and adults.

Allergologia et immunopathologia·2016
Same author

Up and Down Quark Masses and Corrections to Dashen's Theorem from Lattice QCD and Quenched QED.

Physical review letters·2016
Same author

EWS-FLI1-mediated suppression of the RAS-antagonist Sprouty 1 (SPRY1) confers aggressiveness to Ewing sarcoma.

Oncogene·2016
Same journal

Highly Accelerated 1-mm Isotropic 3D Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer MRI Using Wave-Co-CAIPI at 5 Tesla.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering·2026
Same journal

Systematic Evaluation of Hip Exoskeleton Assistance Parameters for Enhancing Gait Stability During Ground Slip Perturbations.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering·2026
Same journal

SleepConFormer: A Single-Channel EEG Framework for Sleep Staging and Consciousness Assessment in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering·2026
Same journal

Modeling Partial and Total Support of Left Ventricular Assist Device for Discrete Hemodynamic Control Framework.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering·2026
Same journal

A Low-Cost Wearable TI-TACS Stimulator With Bipolar Quadratic-Boost Converter for Current Stimulation Validation in the Rat Brain.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering·2026
Same journal

EMG-Based Gait Estimation Using Koopman-Inspired Method.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering·2026
See all related articles

External electric fields may interfere with cardiac pacemakers. Numerical modeling comparing external fields to electrode sources shows how this interference occurs, aiding pacemaker safety research.

Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computational Electromagnetics
  • Medical Device Safety

Background:

  • Low-frequency external electric fields pose a potential interference risk to cardiac pacemakers.
  • Current experimental studies often use contact electrode current sources, but their relevance to external electric fields is uncertain.
  • Advancements in human body electromagnetic modeling and computational electromagnetics allow for quantitative analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare electromagnetic field induction from external electric fields versus electrode sources in a human body model.
  • To assess the applicability of electrode source models to understand external electric field interference with pacemakers.
  • To provide insights into the mechanisms of cardiac pacemaker interference.

Main Methods:

Related Experiment Videos

  • Utilized a 3.6-mm resolution, anatomically based conductivity model of the human body.
  • Employed computational electromagnetics to simulate induced fields.
  • Compared fields generated by an external electric field with those from electrode configurations (feet to head/shoulders).

Main Results:

  • Quantified the relationship between external electric field exposure and induced fields within the human body model.
  • Demonstrated differences and similarities in field induction patterns between external fields and electrode sources.
  • Provided a basis for evaluating the accuracy of electrode source models in simulating external field effects.

Conclusions:

  • Numerical modeling offers a viable method to study external electric field interference with cardiac pacemakers.
  • The study highlights the importance of considering realistic human body models for accurate electromagnetic interference assessment.
  • Findings contribute to understanding and mitigating potential risks to pacemaker function from external electric fields.