Electromagnetic power absorption and temperature changes due to brain machine interface operation

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 825-834

  Ibrahim, Tamer S ^a,b   Abraham, Doney ^b   Rennaker, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio heat; Brain machine interface; Electromagnetics; FDTD; RF; Specific absorption rate; Temperature rise

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEUROLOGY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) SOURCES; SINGLE-CHIP CONFIGURATION;

MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION; RADIO WAVES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34247188127     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9264-3     Document Type: Article

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