High peak SAR exposure unit with tight exposure and environmental control for in vitro experiments at 1800 MHz

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 8 II, 2004, Pages 2057-2066

  Schuderer, Jürgen ^a   Samaras, Theodoros ^b   Oesch, Walter ^a   Spät, Denis ^a   Kuster, Niels ^a  

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

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Exposure setup; RF; Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MODULATION; MONOLAYERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPOSURE PROTOCOLS; EXPOSURE SETUP; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 1642420596     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.832009     Document Type: Article

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