Specific absorption rate and temperature elevation in a subject exposed in the far-field of radio-frequency sources operating in the 10-900-MHz range

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-304

  Bernardi, Paolo ^a   Cavagnaro, Marta ^a   Pisa, Stefano ^a   Piuzzi, Emanuele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Electromagnetic heating; Finite difference methods; Safety standards; Temperatures

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MUSCLE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

POWER DENSITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ABSORPTION; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIO WAVES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0037340728     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.808809     Document Type: Article

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