Design of solid broadband human tissue simulant materials

IEE Proceedings: Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 323-328

  Youngs, I J ^a   Treen, A S ^a   Fixter, G ^a   Holden, S ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b DSTL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; INJECTION MOLDING; PERMITTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSETS; TISSUE;

BROADBAND DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN TISSUE SIMULANT MATERIALS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; THERMOSETTING PLASTIC MATRIX;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0036875678     PISSN: 13502344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-smt:20020647     Document Type: Article

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