Temperature increase in the human head due to a dipole antenna at microwave frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-116

  Hirata, Akimasa ^a   Morita, Masashi ^a,b   Shiozawa, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipole antenna; Dosimetry; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; RF safety standards; Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BRAIN; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EXTRAPOLATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY;

EID: 0037298321     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2002.808045     Document Type: Article

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