Predicted SAR in Sprague-Dawley rat as a function of permittivity values

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 384-400

  Gajsek P ^a,b,c   Ziriax, J M ^d   Hurt, W D ^a   Walters, T J ^a,e   Mason, P A ^a,f  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^c TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Veridian Engineering Inc ^*  (United States)

^f USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric values; Dosimetry; Electromagnetic fields (EMF); Finite diference time domain (FDTD); Radio frequency

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PERMITTIVITY; TISSUE;

DIELECTRIC VALUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE DIFERENCES; FINITE-DIFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; LOCALISED; PERMITTIVITY VALUES; RADIOFREQUENCIES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TIME DOMAIN; WHOLE-BODY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0035458476     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.66     Document Type: Article

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