The effect of increase in dielectric values on specific absorption rate (SAR) in eye and head tissues following 900, 1800 and 2450 MHz radio frequency (RF) exposure

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1463-1477

  Keshvari, Jafar ^a,b   Keshvari, Rahim ^c   Lang, Sakari ^a,b  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Savonlinna Central Hospital ^*  (Finland)

^c Savonlinna Central Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY;

DIELECTRIC PARAMETERS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD); RF ENERGY ABSORPTION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

TISSUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIPOLE; EAR; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EYE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EYE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; RATS; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33644690392     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/6/007     Document Type: Article

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