Improved heat transfer modeling of the eye for electromagnetic wave exposures

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 959-961

  Hirata, A ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic exposures; Eye safety; Heat transfer model; Temperature elevation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPOSURES; EYE SAFETY; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; TEMPERATURE ELEVATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EYE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EYE; HEAT; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION;

EID: 34247395073     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.893492     Document Type: Article

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