Temperature Distributions in the Human Leg for VLF-VHF Exposures at the ANSI-Recommended Safety Levels

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 442-449

  Hoque, M ^a   Gandhi, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

3-D HEAT-CONDUCTION EQUATION; ANSI HF SAFETY GUIDELINE; BODY SURFACE TEMPERATURE; IMPEDANCE METHOD; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES (SAR);

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

HUMAN; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMAN; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; SAFETY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0024022885     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.2114     Document Type: Article

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