High-resolution numerical model of the middle and inner ear for a detailed analysis of radio frequency absorption

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1771-1781

  Schmid, Gernot ^a   Überbacher, Richard ^a   Samaras, Theodoros ^b   Jappel, Alexandra ^c   Baumgartner, Wolf Dieter ^c   Tschabitscher, Manfred ^c   Mazal, Peter R ^c  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HANDHELD DEVICES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENDOLYMPH; INNER EAR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE EAR; MOBILE PHONE; PERILYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EAR, INNER; EAR, MIDDLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34247546274     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/7/001     Document Type: Article

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