Potential of Animal Tissue to Replace Human Subjects in High-Voltage Safety Investigations

Conference: VDE-Hochspannungstechnik 2018 - ETG-Fachtagung
11/12/2018 - 11/14/2018 at Berlin, Deutschland

Proceedings: VDE-Hochspannungstechnik 2018

Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Guo, Xiaofei; Meisner, Johann (PTB, Braunschweig, Germany)
Wang, Mengdan; Schilling, Meinhard (TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany)

Abstract:
Using human beings as test subjects in electrical safety investigations is possible only under limited conditions. Research experiments were performed under conditions similar to those found in Reilly’s experiments, but using porcine tissues. Phenomena very similar to those in reference experiments were observed. Three different biomedical electrodes were characterized and modeled for the experiments.