Temperature increase in human eyes due to near-field and far-field exposures at 900 MHz, 1.5 Ghz, and 1.9 Ghz

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-76

  Hirata, Akimasa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological effects of electromagnetic radiation; Dosimetry; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

HUMAN EYE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 15044357870     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2004.842113     Document Type: Article

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