SAR in the mother and foetus for RF plane wave irradiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3791-3802

  Dimbylow, Peter ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CNIRP; PREGNANT FEMALE; RF PLANE WAVE IRRADIATION; SAR;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTRIC FIELD; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34250306420     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/13/009     Document Type: Article

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