Radiofrequency dosimetry for the Ferris-wheel mouse exposure system

Radiation Research

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-112

  Faraone, Antonio ^a   Luengas, Wilson ^b   Chebrolu, Subbarao ^b   Ballen, Maurice ^a   Bit Babik, Giorgi ^a   Gessner, Andrew V ^a   Kanda, Michael Y ^a   Babij, Tadeusz ^b   Swicord, Mays L ^a   Chou, Chung Kwang ^a  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CADAVER; CALORIMETRY; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTATION; FERRIS WHEEL MOUSE EXPOSURE SYSTEM; HEAD; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LIFETIME EXPOSURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NECK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; THERMOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 29644444215     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3462.1     Document Type: Article

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