Methodology of detailed dosimetry and treatment of uncertainty and variations for in vivo studies

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 378-391

  Kuster, Niels ^a,d   Torres, Verónica Berdiñas ^a   Nikoloski, Neviana ^a   Frauscher, Michael ^b   Kainz, Wolfgang ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Radiofrequency; Risk assessment; SAR uncertainty; SAR variation; Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOASSAY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADIOFREQUENCIES; RATE VARIATION; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE UNCERTAINTY; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ACCURACY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; BODY SIZE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIELD EMISSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT DURATION; UNCERTAINTY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745742879     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20219     Document Type: Article

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