Human exposure assessment in the near field of GSM base-station antennas using a hybrid finite element/method of moments technique

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 224-233

  Meyer, Frans J C ^a   Davidson, David B ^b   Jakobus, Ulrich ^a   Stuchly, Maria A ^c  

^a EM Software and Systems SA Pty Ltd   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base station exposure; Finite element method (FEM); Method of moments (MoM); Numerical dosimetry; Specific absorption rate (SAR); Whole body SAR

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

HUMAN EXPOSURE;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY POSITION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METALLURGY; PHANTOM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0344406116     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2002.807639     Document Type: Article

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