Calculation of SAR and temperature rise in a high-resolution vascularized model of the human eye and orbit when exposed to a dipole antenna at 900, 1500 and 1800 MHz

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Flyckt, V M M ^a   Raaymakers, B W ^a   Kroeze, H ^a   Lagendijk, J J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; MOBILE PHONES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRITICAL ORGAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES (SARS); VASCULARIZED MODEL;

EYE PROTECTION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY TEMPERATURE; EYE; HEAT TRANSFER; MOBILE PHONE; MODEL; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; VASCULARIZATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; LENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CELLULAR PHONE; EYE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORBIT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34248149461     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/10/004     Document Type: Article

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