Specific Absorption Rate and Temperature Increases in the Head of a Cellular-Phone User

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 7 PART 1, 2000, Pages 1118-1126

  Bernardi, Paolo ^a,b   Cavagnaro, Marta ^a,b   Pisa, Stefano ^a,b   Piuzzi, Emanuele ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological effects of electromagnetic radiation; Dosimetry; Electromagnetic heating; Fdtd methods; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; POWER DISTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE TEMPERATURE; TISSUE HEATING;

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BRAIN; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0034226642     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.848494     Document Type: Article

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