Empirical Validation of SAR Values Predicted by FDTD Modeling

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-48

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

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^c TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Veridian Engineering   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Electromagnetic fields (EMF); Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Microwaves; Radio frequency radiation

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CODES (SYMBOLS); DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN MODELING; NUMERICAL CODE; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; SAFETY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0036371935     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.96     Document Type: Conference Paper

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