How Might Spatial Nonuniformity of Dose in a Homogeneous Biological System Affect its Total Response?

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-70

  Pickard, William F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonuniform dose; Ultra high frequency; Voxel theorem

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CONDITION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INDIVIDUAL DOSE; NONUNIFORM DOSE; SPATIAL NONUNIFORMITY; TOTAL DOSE; TOTAL RESPONSE; ULTRA-HIGH-FREQUENCY; VOXEL THEOREM;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035219791     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200101)22:1<66::AID-BEM8>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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