Low-frequency dosimetry of inhomogeneous magnetic fields using the coil source model and the household appliance

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 497-502

  Nishizawa, Shinichiro ^a   Landstorfer, Friedrich M ^c   Kamimura, Yoshitsugu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coil model; Dosimetry; ELF; EN50366 (CENELEC); Equivalent source model; Household appliance

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; DOSIMETRY; DRILLING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

COIL MODEL; COIL SOURCE MODEL; EQUIVALENT SOURCE MODEL;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; DRILL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HOUSEHOLD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIXER;

ANISOTROPY; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 33847721458     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.890507     Document Type: Article

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