Effects of frequency, permittivity, and voxel size on predicted specific absorption rate values in biological tissue during electromagnetic-field exposure

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 1 PART 2, 2000, Pages 2050-2058

  Mason, Patrick A ^a   Hurt, William D ^a   Walters, Thomas J ^a   D'Andréa, John A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Conductivity, dielectric values; Dosimetry; Finite difference time domain; Radio frequency radiation

Indexed keywords

INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBES; TEMPERATURE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

EID: 0034317691     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.884194     Document Type: Article

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