Variability in EMF permittivity values: Implications for SAR calculations

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 396-401

  Hurt, William D ^a   Ziriax, John M ^a   Mason, Patrick A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Dielectric values; Dosimetry; Finite difference time domain (FD TD); Mie; Radio frequency radiation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MIE TECHNIQUES; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MODEL; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; BREAST; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIO WAVES; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0034058842     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.827308     Document Type: Article

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