Computational modelling of temperature rises in the eye in the near field of radiofrequency sources at 380, 900 and 1800 MHz

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3335-3350

  Wainwright, P R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BLOOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELEPHONE SETS;

BIOHEAT; CHOROIDS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; RADIOFREQUENCY SOURCES; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CHOROID; EYE; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LENS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOBILE PHONE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CHOROID; EYE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34249669706     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/12/002     Document Type: Article

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