SAR and temperature distributions in canonical head models exposed to near- and far-field electromagnetic radiation at different frequencies

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-421

  Lin, James C ^a,b,c   Wang, Zhangwei ^b  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Brain; Children; Far field plane wave; Near field dipole; Penetration depth; Radio frequency; Wireless telephone antenna

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344487910     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219091505000476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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