FDTD calculations of the whole-body averaged SAR in an anatomically realistic voxel model of the human body from 1 MHz to 1 GHz

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 479-490

  Dimbylow, P J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEATING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROWAVES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 0030939916     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/3/003     Document Type: Article

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