Electromagnetic Absorption in the Human Head from Experimental 6-GHz Handheld Transceivers

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 547-558

  Gandhi, Om P ^a   Chen, Jin Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HUMAN FORM MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIRRORS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE; TRANSCEIVERS;

HANDHELD RECEIVERS; HUMAN HEAD; OFF AXIS REFLECTORS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

EID: 0029407070     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: 1558187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.477340     Document Type: Letter

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