Cylindrical Waveguide Applicator for In Vitro Exposure of Cell Culture Samples to 1.9-GHz Radiofrequency Fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 592-598

  Gajda, G B ^a   McNamee, J P ^a   Thansandote, A ^a   Boonpanyarak, S ^b   Lemay, E ^a   Bellier, P V ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Lymphocytes; Microwave; Petri dish; SAR; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES;

CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED; COOLANT WATER; E-FIELD; GHZ FREQUENCIES; IN-VITRO; PETRI DISH; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; VITRO CELL CULTURE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOMETRY; THERMOREGULATION; BLOOD; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIATHERMY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; DIATHERMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036885708     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10055     Document Type: Article

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