Dosimetric comparison of the specific anthropomorphic mannequin (SAM) to 14 anatomical head models using a novel definition for the mobile phone positioning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 3423-3445

  Kainz, Wolfgang ^a   Christ, Andreas ^b   Kellom, Tocher ^a   Seidman, Seth ^a   Nikoloski, Neviana ^b   Beard, Brian ^a   Kuster, Niels ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TISSUE;

ANATOMY; NUMERICAL DOSIMETRY; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR); SPECIFIC ANTHROPOMORPHIC MANNEQUIN (SAM);

DOSIMETRY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; DOSIMETRY; EXPOSURE; EXTERNAL EAR; HEAD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 22244488753     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/14/016     Document Type: Article

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