A numerical and experimental comparison of human head phantoms for compliance testing of mobiletelephone equipment

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-137

  Christ, Andreas ^a   Chavannes, Nicolas ^b   Nikoloski, Neviana ^a   Gerber, Hans Ulrich ^b   Poković, Katja ^b   Kuster, Niels ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

^b Schmid & Partner Engineering AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; FDTD methods; Measurement techniques

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CENELEC; COMPLIANCE TESTING; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; FDTD METHOD; HUMAN-HEAD PHANTOM; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL COMPARISON; PHANTOMS; RATE ASSESSMENTS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

PHANTOMS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; MATERIALS TESTING; MOBILE PHONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY;

EID: 12844280587     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20088     Document Type: Article

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