Resonance behaviour of whole-body averaged specific energy absorption rate (SAR) in the female voxel model, NAOMI

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 4053-4063

  Dimbylow, Peter ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LINEARIZATION;

ANATOMY; FEMALE VOXEL MODEL; LINEAR SCALING; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY ABSORPTION; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHOLE BODY AUTORADIOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 24044471846     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/17/009     Document Type: Article

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