Heating of tissue by near-field exposure to a dipole: A model analysis

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 911-917

  Riu, Pere J ^a,b   Foster, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioheat equation; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Phantom tissue; Specific absorption rate (SAR); Wireless transmitter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; TEMPERATURE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

BIOHEAT EQUATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN; PHANTOM TISSUE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WIRELESS TRANSMITTER;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHANTOM; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE;

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAD; HEAT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0032789530     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.775400     Document Type: Article

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