SAR and temperature increase in the human eye induced by obliquely incident plane waves

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 592-594

  Hirata, Akimasa ^a   Watanabe, Hironori ^a   Shiozawa, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Human eye; Oblique incidence of electromagnetic wave; Specific absorption rate (SAR); Temperature increases

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCIES; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

VISION;

EID: 0036881785     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2002.804778     Document Type: Article

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