Temperature rises in the human eye exposed to EM waves in the frequency range 0.6-6 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 386-393

  Hirata, Akimasa ^a,b   Matsuyama, Shin Ichi ^b   Shiozawa, Toshiyuki ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HOT SPOT FORMATION; HUMAN EYE; PENNES BIOHEAT EQUATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HUMAN FORM MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0034313168     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.902308     Document Type: Article

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