Hot Spots Generated in Conducting Spheres by Electromagnetic Waves and Biological Implications

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-19, Issue 1, 1972, Pages 53-58

  Kritikos, Haralambos N ^a   Schwan, Herman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, ABSORPTION; RADIO WAVES, ABSORPTION;

RADIATION--HAZARDS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRONICS; HEAT; MAGNETISM;

ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HEAT; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0015250015     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1972.324159     Document Type: Article

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