A high-efficiency waveguide applicator for in vitro exposure of mammalian cells at 1.95 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2256-2263

  Calabrese, Maria Lucia ^a   D'Ambrosio, Guglielmo ^a   Massa, Rita ^a,b,c,d,e   Petraglia, Giovanni ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MIND ^*  (Italy)

^c Regional Centre of Competence on Information and Communication Technologies of the Regione Campania   (Italy)

^d National Inter University Centre for Bioelectromagnetic Interactions (ICEmB)   (Italy)

^e Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) Society   (Italy)

^f MBDA FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Exposure setup; Microwave; Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTROMAGNETIC; EXPOSURE SETUP; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (UMTS); WAVEGUIDE CHAMBERS;

CELLS; DOSIMETRY; MICROWAVES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33646754897     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.872784     Document Type: Article

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