The effect of authentic metallic implants on the SAR distribution of the head exposed to 900, 1800 and 2450 MHz dipole near field

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1221-1236

  Virtanen, H ^a,c   Keshvari, J ^b   Lappalainen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; HEALTH RISKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIPOLE NEAR FIELD; PHANTOM; POWER ABSORPTION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAD; METAL IMPLANTATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; BONE PLATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

METAL;

BODY BURDEN; BONE PLATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAD; METALS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 34247232100     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/5/001     Document Type: Article

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