A procedure to develop realistic numerical models of cellular phones for an accurate evaluation of SAR distribution in the human head

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 4 I, 2005, Pages 1256-1264

  Pisa, Stetano ^a   Cavagnaro, Marta ^a   Lopresto, Vanni ^b   Piuzzi, Emanuele ^a   Lovisolo, Giorgio A ^b   Bernardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Human exposure; Land mobile radio cellular systems

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; EVALUATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CELLULAR PHONES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; HUMAN EXPOSURE; LAND MOBILE RADIO CELLULAR SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 18744383982     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.845754     Document Type: Article

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